Music in Scottish Castles and Country Houses;

Music in Scottish Castles and Country Houses
Catalogued and surveyed by Dr Roger B. Williams MBE
Hon. Music Advisor to NTS



Master Index – Volume Selection

BUC : The British Union-Catalogue of Early Music
CPM : Catalogue of Printed Music in the British Library to 1980

Monday 6th October 2025

Links are provided to the relevant      > Composer    > Shelf List     > Song Writer/Librettist     > Printer/Publisher   .. &c ..    in all collections

Text that may appear erroneous is highlighted to show that it is either confirmed or under review

Drum  Dr 30  T.7.14
Dru Dr 30/1  RBW 876

Di pescatore ignobile. | Canzone in the Opera of | Lucrezia Borgia, | Composed by | Signor Donizetti | The Piano Forte Accompaniment by | C. M. Sola
   R. Mills, Nephew of, & Successor, to the late Robt. Birchall, 140, New Bond Street

pp.1-3  Plate no. 3115  

From the libretto by Felice Romani

Short Title  > Di pescatore ignobile: canzone
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)   |   C M Sola (1786-1857) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R. Mills

Dru Dr 30/2  RBW 877

Il Silfo, | Arietta, | Musica | Del | Mro. Vaccaj
   Chappell, .. 50 New Bond Street

pp.1-7  Plate no. 6029  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Il Silfo: arietta
Cmp/Arr  > Nicola Vaccai (1790-1848)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)

Dru Dr 30/3  RBW 878

Oh! Divina Agnese, | Cavatina, | in the Opera of | Beatrice di Tenda. | Composed by | Bellini
   Mori & Lavenu's New Musical Subscription Library, 28 New Bond St.

pp.1-5  Plate no. 3724  

Voice and piano

Librettist Felice Romani

Short Title  > Oh! Divina Agnese: cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu

Dru Dr 30/4  RBW 879

Com' è bello quale incanto | Aria | Madame G. Grisi, | In the Opera of Lucrecia Borgia, | Composed by | Donizetti
   Mori & Lavenu, 28 New Bond St. ..

pp.1-5  Plate no. 4259  

Voice and piano

From the libretto by Felice Romani

Short Title  > Com' è bello quale incanto : aria
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu
Performer(s)  > Mme / Mlle / Sigra Grisi

Dru Dr 30/5  RBW 880

Six | Arietts, Romances, | &c. | .. | No. 3. La Monaca | .. | Composed by | M. W. Balfe .. The words by Signor Maggioni. Dedicated to Mrs. Alexander Hall
   Cramer, Addison & Beale, 201 Regent Street, & 67 Conduit Street

pp.14-17  Plate no. 1725  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > La monaca: arietta
Cmp/Arr  > Michael Balfe (1808-1870)
Auth/Ed  > Maggioni, S Manfredo (1792-1870)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)
Dedicatee(s)  > Mrs Alexander Hall

Dru Dr 30/6  RBW 881

Respiro Mia cara! Recitvo. Ed | O nume benefico | Terzetto. In the Opera of | La Gazza Ladra, | Composed by | Signor G. Rossini
   Lonsdale & Mills, 140 New Bond Street

pp.5-9  Plate no. 1125  

Vocal trio with piano

Short Title  > Respiro, mia cara! [and] O nume benefico : recit. & terzet
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Lonsdale & Mills

Dru Dr 30/7  RBW 882

Le Retour de la Tyrolienne, | Musique de | Madame Malibran, née Garcia
   T. Holloway No. 5 Hanway Street, Oxford Street

2 pp.  

Voice and piano or harp

Short Title  > Le retour de la Tyrolienne: [song]
Cmp/Arr  > María Malibrán (1808-1836)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Holloway

Dru Dr 30/8  RBW 883

Una Paloma | A Favorite Spanish Air, | for One or Two Voices, | Arranged with an Accompaniment for the | Piano Forte or Guitar, | and Dedicated to | Miss Eliza Sotheby, | By | C. M. Sola
   S. Chappell, .. 50, New Bond Street

pp.1-6  Plate no. 3094  Sig. B & J Irvine

Guitar, Vocal duet with piano

Melody by Yradier

Short Title  > Una paloma [a melody by Yradier]: air for 1 or 2 voices
Cmp/Arr  > C M Sola (1786-1857) (arr.)   |   Sebastián Yradier (1809-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > S. Chappell
Dedicatee(s)  > Miss Eliza Sotheby
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine   |   Jane Irvine

Dru Dr 30/9  RBW 884

No. 8 | La Danza, | Tarantola Napolitana | The Words by Count Pepoli | Sung by | Signori La Blache e Tamburini, | Dedicated to | The Honble. M. A. Jervit, | Composed by Sigr. G. Rossini
   Willis & Co. Royal Musical Library, 75, Lower Grosvenor St. & 7 Westmorlalnd St. Dublin  ::  Stamp of Royal Musical Repository on p. 1

pp.1-9[40-48]  Plate no. 1401  

Voice and piano

Also: Catalogue of New & Popular Songs Published by Willis & Co. 75 Lower Grosvenor Street.

Short Title  > La danza: tarantela napolitana
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Pepoli, Carlo (Count) (1796-1881)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Willis & Co.   |   Royal Musical Library/Repository
Performer(s)  > Sigr La Blache / Lablache   |   Sigr Tamburini

Dru Dr 30/10  RBW 885

Gran Dio deh rendi | Aria. | Sung by | Madlle. G. Grisi, | in the Admired Opera | Malek Adel, | Parole di C. Pepoli. | Composed by | M. Costa
   Mori & Lavenu's, New Musical Subscription Library, 28 New Bond St. Paris, chez Pacini

pp.1-3  Plate no. 3955  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Gran Dio deh rendi: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Michael Costa (1808-1884)
Auth/Ed  > Pepoli, Carlo (Count) (1796-1881)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu
Performer(s)  > Mme / Mlle / Sigra Grisi

Dru Dr 30/11  RBW 886

Segui, Oh Cara, I Passi Miei, | a favorite Duett for Two Voices, | in the Opera of | Faust, | Composed by | Spohr
   Holloway, 5, Hanway Street, Oxford Str.

pp.[1]-6  Sig. Beatrice & Jane Irvine Schivas

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Segui, oh cara, passi miei: duet
Cmp/Arr  > Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Holloway
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine   |   Jane Irvine

Dru Dr 30/12  RBW 887

'Alfin son tua' | Aria, | In the Opera of | Lucia di Lammermoor, | Performed at the Theatre of San Carlo, Naples, | Composed by | Donizetti
   Mori & Lavenu's New Musical Subscription Library, 28 New Bond Street

pp.1-8  Plate no. 3701  

Voice and piano

From the libretto by Salvadore Cammarano

Short Title  > Alfin son tua: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Cammarano, Salvadore (1801-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu

Dru Dr 30/13  RBW 888

Ah! non pensar che pieno, | Romanza, | in the Opera of | Beatrice di Tenda, Composed by | Bellini.
   Mori & Lavenu's New Musical Subscription Library, 28, New Bond Street.

pp.1-3  

Voice and piano

Librettist Felice Romani

Short Title  > Ah! Non pensar che pieno : romance
Cmp/Arr  > Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu

Dru Dr 30/14  RBW 889

Perchè dell' aure in sen | Aria, | In the Opera of | Torquato Tasso, | Composed by | Signor Donizetti
   R. Mills (late Birchall), 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-3  Plate no. 3190  

Voice and piano

From the libretto by Jacopo Ferretti

Short Title  > Perché dell'aura in sen: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Ferretti, Jacopo (1784-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R. Mills

Dru Dr 30/15  RBW 890

Perchè non ho; | Aria, | from the Opera of | Lucia di Lammermoor, | Composed by | Donizetti
   Mori & Lavenu, 28 New Bond Street

pp.1-7  

Voice and piano

From the libretto by Salvadore Cammarano

Short Title  > Perché non ho: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Cammarano, Salvadore (1801-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu

Dru Dr 30/16  RBW 891

Pellegrin da Palestina | Romanza, | In the Opera of | Ivanhoe, | Composed by | Signor Pacini
   R. Mills, Nephew of, & Successor, to the late Robt. Birchall, 140, New Bond Street

pp.1-4  Plate no. 2912  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Pellegrin da Palestina: romance
Cmp/Arr  > Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R. Mills

Dru Dr 30/17  RBW 892

A me giunse il tuo lamento, | Arietta, | extracted from | Les Reveries Napolitaines, | Composed by | Donizetti
   T. Boosey & Co., Foreign Musical Library, 28 Holles Street, Oxford Street

pp.1-3  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > A me giunse il tuo lamento: arietta
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Boosey & Co.

Dru Dr 30/18  RBW 893

Ah! tu sai che insiem - Aria, | In the Opera of | Parisina, | Composed by | Signor Donizetti
   R. Mills, Nephew of, & Successor to the late Robt. Birchall, 140, New Bond Street

pp.1-3  Plate no. 3037  

Voice and piano

From the libretto by Felice Romani

Short Title  > Ah! Tu sai che insiem con esso: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R. Mills

Dru Dr 30/19  RBW 894

Al Dolce guidami | Sung by | Made. Pasta, | in the Opera of | Anna Boleyn | Composed by | M. Donizetti
   Mori & Lavenu, 28, New Bond Strt.

pp.1-3  Plate no. 2878  

Voice and piano

From the libretto by Felice Romani

Short Title  > Al dolce guidami: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu
Performer(s)  > Mme Pasta