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

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Fraser  B29 A-D
[ELYZA FRASER / MARY BRISTOW]
QUARTETTS
Fra B29 A-D/1  RBW 2297

Six | Quatuor | A | deux Violons, Taille | et Basse Obligés | Composés par | Giuseppe Haydn | à Vienne | Opera I
[c1795? or 1806?]    Printed & sold by Preston & Son .. 97 Strand & Exeter Change  ::  Sculp. Ashby  

4 vols. (A-D), each with 6 quartets: pp.2-14 (each vol.)  

(A) Violino Primo, (B) Violino Secondo, (C) Viola, (D) Basso

No. 1 in E flat. Presto; Menuetto; Adagio; Menuetto; Finale Presto
No. 2 in C. Presto assai; Menuetto; Adagio; Menuetto; Finale Presto
No. 3 in B flat. Presto; Menuetto; Adagio; Menuetto; Presto
No. 4 in E flat. Allegro molto; Menuetto; Adagio; Menuetto; Presto
No. 5 in D. Adagio Poco And[an]te; Menuetto; Presto; Menuetto; Presto
No. 6 in G. Presto; Menuetto; Adagio; Menuetto; Finale Presto

Short Title  > Six quatuor à deux violons, taille et basse obligés Op. 1
Cmp/Arr  > Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Preston & Son   |   Ashby

Fra B29 A-D/2  RBW 2298

Six | Quatuor | A | deux Violons, Taille, | et Basse | obligés | Composés par | Giuseppe Haydn | à Vienne | Opera II
[c1798? or 1807?]    Printed & sold by Preston & Son .. 97 Strand & Exeter Change

4 vols. (A-D), each with 6 quartets: pp.2-13 (each vol.)  

(A) Violino Primo, (B) Violino Secondo, (C) Viola, (D) Basso

No. 1 in A. Allegro; Menuetto; Adagio Poco; Menuetto; Allegro
No. 2 in E. Allegro; Menuetto; Adagio; Menuetto; Finale e Presto
No. 3 in E flat. All[egr]o molto; Menuetto; Adagio; Menuetto; Finale Allegro
No. 4 in F. Presto; Menuetto; Adagio; Menuetto; Allegro
No. 5 in D. Presto; Menuetto; Largo Cantabile Allabreve; Menuetto; Finale Presto
No. 6 in B flat. Adagio; Menuetto; Presto; Menuetto; Presto

Short Title  > Six quatuor à deux violons, taille et basse obligés Op. 2
Cmp/Arr  > Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Preston & Son

Fra B29 A-D/3  RBW 2299

Six Quartetts | for Two | Violins a Tenor | and | Violoncello | Composed by | Ignace Pleyel | Op. 6
   Printed [and] sold by Preston .. 97 Strand

4 vols. (A-D), each with 6 quartets: pp.2-21 (each vol.)  

(A) Violino Primo, (B) Violino Secondo, (C) Viola, (D) Basso.
Added fingerings in Basso part in all six quartets

No. 1 in C. Moderato; Thema con Variazione / Andante
No. 2 in G. Allegro assai; Adagio Cantabile; Rondeau / Allegro
No. 3 in F. Allegro; Thema / Moderato (with variations)
No. 4 in A. Andante Arioso; Allegro assai; Menuetto
No. 5 in B flat. Allegro assai; Adagio Expressivo; Rondeau / Moderato
No. 6 in D. Adagio Espressivo; Menuetto / Allegretto; Rondeau / Allegro

Orig. pub. 1788

Short Title  > Six quartetts for two violins, a tenor and violoncello Op. 6
Cmp/Arr  > Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Preston

Fra B29 A-D/4  RBW 2300

Six | Sinfonies | Grand Orchèstre | Deux | Violons Alto et Basso | deux Hautboies deux Cors de Chasses Ad Libitum | Dediés A Monsieur | Alexander Leith Chevr. Bart. | Composées par | Charles Stamitz Fils ainé | Compositeur de Musique. | Op. 13
[c1800]    T. Preston .. 97 Strand.

4 vols. (A-D), each with 6 symphonies: pp.2-24 (each vol.)  

(A) Violino Primo, (B) Violino Secondo, (C) Viola, (D) Basso

No. 1 in E flat. All[egr]o con Spirito; Andante non Moderato; Presto
No. 2 in B flat. All[egr]o non Presto; Andante Poco Moderato; Presto
No. 3 in D. All[egr]o Maestoso; Andante non Moderato; Presto
No. 4 in G. Presto; Andantino; Prestissimo
No. 5 in C. Grave-All[egr]o Assai; Andante Grazioso; Allegro
No. 6 in F. All[egr]o con Spirito; Andante Moderato; Presto

Short Title  > Six sinfonies Op. 13
Cmp/Arr  > Carl Stamitz (1745-1801)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Thomas Preston
Dedicatee(s)  > M. Alexr. Leith Chevr. Bart.

Fra B29 A-D/5  RBW 2301

Six | Quartettos | For two | Violins a Tenor | and | Violoncello Obligato | most humbly Dedicated | To His Excellency | George Pitt Esqr. | His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary | and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of | Spain | Composed by | Antonio Kammell | Opera IV
[1770]    Welcker in Gerrard Street St Ann's Soho.

4 vols. (A-D), each with 6 quartets: pp.2-13 (each vol.)  On back endpaper a blot of C. M. Fraser Bankers Edinburgh?

(A) Violino Primo, (B) Violino Secondo, (C) Viola, (D) Basso

No. 1 in C. All[egr]o con brio; Adagio; Minuetto Grazioso
No. 2 in E flat. All[egr]o ma non tanto; Andante; Allegro non molto
No. 3 in D. All[egr]o con Spirito; Andante; Allegro
No. 4 in A. All[egr]o Moderato; Adagio; Allegro
No. 5 in F. All[egr]o Mod[erat]o; Adagio; Minuetto
No. 6 in B flat. All[egr]o con Spirito; Largo; Minuetto

Short Title  > Six quartettos for two violins, a tenor and violoncello obligato Op. 4
Cmp/Arr  > Antonín Kammel (1730-1784/5)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Peter Welcker
Dedicatee(s)  > George Pitt Esqr.
Former Owner  > C. M. Fraser