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

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Drum  Dr 31  T.7.13
MRS. IRVINE | MRS FORBES IRVINE | SCHIVAS
Dru Dr 31/1  RBW 895

Concerto | No. 1 | for the | Piano Forte, | With Accompaniments for a | Full Orchestra | Composed | And Dedicated to | Mr. J. B. Cramer | by G. E. Griffin | Op. 1
   Printed for the Author, Northumberland Street

pp.2-25  

In A. Largo Maestoso; Allegro | Moderato; Larghetto | con | Espressione | Aria con Variazioni; Rondo | Allegretto | Scherzo

Written c.1797

Short Title  > Concerto no. 1 for pianoforte &c Op. 1
Cmp/Arr  > G E Griffin (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > for G. E. Griffin
Dedicatee(s)  > Mr (J. B.) Cramer

Dru Dr 31/2  RBW 896

Six | Sonatas, | for the | Piano Forte or Harpsichord, | With an Accompaniment for a | Flute or Violin, | Composed and Dedicated by Permission to | Her Majesty | The Queen of Great Britain | By Ignace Pleyel
   G. Walker, 106 Great Portland Street G. Walker Removed to 17 Soho Square  ::  Sold by Sutherland .. Bookseller.

pp.2-101  

Short Title  > Sonata 1 : for piano or harpsichord
Cmp/Arr  > Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Geo. Walker   |   Sutherland
Dedicatee(s)  > HM Queen of Great Britain

Dru Dr 31/3  RBW 897

Overture | To | Der Freischütz, | for the | Piano Forte, | Composed by | Carl Maria von Weber
[1813-21]    Robt. Purdie .. 70 Princes Street, Edinburgh

pp.2-11  

Short Title  > Overture to Der Freischütz: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Robert Purdie

Dru Dr 31/4  RBW 898

No. 1 | The Favorite | Airs, | in | The Celebrated Opera | Der Freischütz, | for the | Piano Forte, | Composed by | Carl Maria von Weber
[1813-21]    Robt. Purdie .. 70 Princes Street, Edinburgh

pp.1-5  

The Bride-Maid's Song; The Huntsmen's Chorus; Marcia; Waltz

In pencil: 'Published this day 25th.Jany.'

Short Title  > The favourite airs in Der Freischütz: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Robert Purdie

Dru Dr 31/5  RBW 899

A Selection | of | Rondos & Airs, | with | Variations | for the | Piano Forte | By | Eminent Composers .. No. 2 Rule Britannia
   W. Dale, 8 Poultry

pp.1-6  

By Dussek

Short Title  > Rule Britannia: piano variations
Cmp/Arr  > J L Dussek (1760-1812)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > W(m). Dale

Dru Dr 31/6  RBW 900

T. Boosey & Cos | much admired | Collection of New & Original | German Waltzes, | By | J. N. Hummel, | and other esteemed | Foreign Composers | No. 3 [Unidentified]
   T. Boosey & Co. Importers & Publishers of Foreign Music 28 Holles Street, Oxford Street

pp.2-13  

Short Title  > [German waltz]: keyboard?
Cmp/Arr  > Unidentified Composers
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Boosey & Co.

Dru Dr 31/7  RBW 901

Hart's | Tenth Set of Quadrilles, | Selected from | Carl Maria von Weber's | Celebrated Opera | Der Freyschutz, | with their | Proper Figures in French & english | Almacks | The | Nobilitys Balls | and the | Assembly Rooms Ramsgate, | Composed & Arranged for the | Piano Forte or Harp, | and Respectfully Dedicated to | Mrs. William Bosanquet, | of East Cliff Lodge Ramsgate, | by | Joseph Hart
   Mayhew & Co .. 17 Old Bond Street

pp.2-9  

Short Title  > Hart's tenth set of quadrilles: for piano or harp
Cmp/Arr  > Joseph Binns Hart (1794-1844) (arr.)   |   Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mayhew & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > Mrs William Bosanquet of East Cliff Lodge

Dru Dr 31/8  RBW 902

Hart's | Eleventh Set of Quadrilles, | Selected from | Rossini's beautiful Opera of | Zelmira, | With their Proper Figures in French & English, | As Danced at | Almacks & the Nobility's Ball's, | Composed & Arranged for the | Piano Forte or Harp, | And Respectfully Dedicated to | Lady Sarah Beresford, | by | Joseph Hart
   Mayhew & Co. .. 17 Old Bond Street  ::  Sold by J. Davie Aberdeen

pp.2-9  

Short Title  > Hart's eleventh set of quadrilles : for piano or harp
Cmp/Arr  > Joseph Binns Hart (1794-1844) (arr.)   |   Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mayhew & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > Lady Sarah Beresford

Dru Dr 31/9  RBW 903

Hart's | Seventeenth Set of Quadrilles, | Selected from | John Whitaker's | most favorite Operas, | Containing .. as Danced at | Almack's and the Nobilitiy's Balls, | Composed and Arranged for the | Piano Forte or Harp, | & Respectfully Dedicated to | Lady and Miss Dundas, | by | Joseph Hart
   Mayhew & Co. .. 17 Old Bond Street

pp.1-9  

Short Title  > Hart's seventeenth set of quadrilles: for piano or harp
Cmp/Arr  > Joseph Binns Hart (1794-1844) (arr.)   |   John Whitaker (1776-1847)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mayhew & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > Lady Dundas   |   Miss Dundas

Dru Dr 31/10  RBW 904

Five | Quadrilles, | from the | Celebrated Opera | Der Freyschutz, | arranged for the | Piano Forte, | and inscribed the | Mrs. Smyth, | (of Exeter) | by | D. Bruguier
   Goulding D'Almaine & Co., 20 Soho Square

pp.2-7  Sig. Mrs. F. Irvine of Schivas

Short Title  > Five quadrilles : for piano
Cmp/Arr  > David Bruguier (19th c.) (arr.)   |   Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Goulding D'Almaine & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > Mrs Smyth of Exeter
Former Owner  > A. M. Forbes Irvine