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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Fraser  G10
ITALIAN SONGS | J[ANE] F[RASER] 1834

Numerous duets, terzets, quartets, quintets
Fra G10/1  RBW 2759

Rossini's | Celebrated Chorus | Il Carneval, | Arranged as a | Glee for Four Voices | With an Accompaniment | for the | Piano Forte | by | Sigr. Cartoni
[1822?]    Giacomo Pinchiori Cittadini, 57 Poland St Oxford St.

pp.1-7  Sig. Cartoni

Short Title  > Il carneval: glee for 4 voices
Cmp/Arr  > Signor Cartoni (19th c.) (arr.)   |   Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Giacomo Pinchiori Cittadini
Dedicatee(s)  > HRH Augusta, Princess of Wales
Former Owner  > Cartoni

Fra G10/2  RBW 2760

Respiro Mia cara! Recita[ti]vo. ed | O Nume benefico | Terzetto - in the Opera of | La Gaza Ladra | Composed by Signor G. Rossini
[1830?]    Lonsdale & Mills 140 New Bond Street

pp.5-9  

Librettist Giovanni Gherardini

Short Title  > Respiro, mia cara! [and] O nume benefico: recit. & terzet
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Gherardini, Giovanni (1778-1861)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Lonsdale & Mills

Fra G10/3  RBW 2761

Di tanti regi e popoli | Quartette | in the Opera of | La Semiramide | Composed by Signor G. Rossini
[1827]    Birchall & Co. 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-7  

Librettist Gaetano Rossi

Short Title  > Di tanti regi e popoli: quartet
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Rossi, Gaetano (1774-1855)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.

Fra G10/4  RBW 2762

L'usato ardir il mio valor dovè? | Terzetto | in the Opera of | La Semiramide | Composed by Signor G. Rossini
[1825?]    Birchall & Co. 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-4  

Librettist Gaetano Rossi

Short Title  > L'usato ardir, il mio valor dov'è?: terzet
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Rossi, Gaetano (1774-1855)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.

Fra G10/5  RBW 2763

Largo al factotum della città | the favorite Cavatina | Sung by | Signor de Begnis | in the Opera of | Il Barbiere di Seviglia | Composed by G. Rossini
[c1823]    Paine & Hopkins, 69 Cornhill

pp.1-11  

Librettist Cesare Sterbini

Short Title  > Largo al factotum della città: cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Sterbini, Cesare (1784-1831)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Paine & Hopkins
Performer(s)  > Sigr de Begnis

Fra G10/6  RBW 2764

Se il mio nome saper voi bramate | Cavatina | In the Opera of | Il Barbiere di Seviglia | Composed by | Signor G. Rossini
[1864]    Birchall & Co. 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-3  

Librettist Cesare Sterbini

Short Title  > Se il mio nome saper voi bramate: cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Sterbini, Cesare (1784-1831)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.

Fra G10/7  RBW 2765

Ti parli l'amore | Terzetto in | Otello | Composed by Rossini | Arranged by Mortellari
[1819?]    Chappell & Co. 50 New Bond Street

pp.1-4  

Librettist Berio di Salsa

Short Title  > Ti parli l'amore: terzet
Cmp/Arr  > Michele Mortellari (c1750-1807) (arr.)   |   Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Berio di Salsa, Francesco Maria (1765-1820)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)

Fra G10/8  RBW 2766

Perchè mi guardi e piangi | Duettino | In the Opera of | Zelmira | Composed by | Signor G. Rossini
[c1825]    Birchall & Co. 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-7  

Librettist Andrea Tottola

Short Title  > Perché mi guardi e piangi: duettino
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Tottola, Andrea Leone (d.1831)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.

Fra G10/9  RBW 2767

Quel sembiante e quello sguardo | Terzetto | In the Opera of | L'lnganno Fortunato | Composed by | Signor G. Rossini
[1825?]    Birchall & Co. 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-19  

Librettist G.M. Foppa

Short Title  > Quel sembiante e quello sguardo: terzet
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Foppa, Giuseppe Maria (1760-1845)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.

Fra G10/10  RBW 2768

Oh! dove mai | Duetto | in the Opera of | Anna Bolena | Composed by | Donizetti
[1830-39]    Mori & Lavenu 28 New Bond Street

pp.1-5  

Librettist Felice Romani

Short Title  > Oh! dove mai: duet
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu

Fra G10/11  RBW 2769

Al dolce guidami Castel natio | Aria - song by Madame Pasta | In the Opera of | Anna Bolena | Composed by | Signor Donizetti
[1831]    Lonsdale & Mills 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-3  

Added ornaments in pencil

Librettist Felice Romani

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

Fra G10/12  RBW 2770

Come innocente giovane | Cavatina | Sung by Madame Pasta | In the Opera of | Anna Bolena | Composed by | Signor Donizetti
[c1831]    Lonsdale & Mills, 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-9  

Librettist Felice Romani

Short Title  > Come innocente giovane: cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Lonsdale & Mills
Performer(s)  > Mme Pasta

Fra G10/13  RBW 2771

Vivi tu, te ne scongiuro | Aria - sung by Signor Rubini | In the Opera of | Anna Bolena | Composed by | Signor Donizetti
[1835?]    Lonsdale & Mills, 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-7  

Librettist Felice Romani

Short Title  > Vivi tu, te ne scongiuro: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Lonsdale & Mills
Performer(s)  > Sigr Rubini

Fra G10/14  RBW 2772

Sul suo capo | Duetto | in the Admired Opera of | Anna Bolena | Composed by | Donizetti
[1830s]    Mori & Lavenu, 28 New Bond Street

pp.1-12  

Librettist Felice Romani

Short Title  > Sul suo capo: duet
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu

Fra G10/15  RBW 2773

Le faccio un inchino | Terzetto | In the Opera of | Il Matrimonio Segreto | Composed by | Cimarosa
[1820?]    Rt Birchall, No. 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-12  

Librettist Giovanni Bertati

Short Title  > Le faccio un inchino: terzet
Cmp/Arr  > Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)
Auth/Ed  > Bertati, Giovanni (1735-1815)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Robert Birchall

Fra G10/16  RBW 2774

Deh! Ti conforta O cara! | Duetto - in the Opera of | Il Matrimonio Segreto | Composed by | Cimarosa
[c1820?]    Birchall & Co. 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-5  

Librettist Giovanni Bertati

Short Title  > Deh! ti conforta o cara!: duet
Cmp/Arr  > Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)
Auth/Ed  > Bertati, Giovanni (1735-1815)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.

Fra G10/17  RBW 2775

Numi che intesi mai! Recitvo. E | Se m'abbandoni bella speranza | Cavatina in the Opera of | Nicotri | Composed by | Signor Mercadante
[1830?]    Birchall & Co. 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-11  

Words by Apostolo Zeno?

Short Title  > Numi che intesi mai! [and] Se m'abbandoni bella speranza : recit. & cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870)
Auth/Ed  > Zeno, Apostolo (1669-1750)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.

Fra G10/18  RBW 2776

Ah! se manco a te di fede | Quintetto | Nell'Opera | Medea in Corinto | Composto dal Mr. Mayer | Ridotto da | C Dumon
[1825-8]    Grua, Ricordi & Co. 76, Regents Quadrant, Piccadilly

pp.1-6  

Librettist Felice Romani

Short Title  > Ah! Se manco a te di fede: quintet
Cmp/Arr  > C Dumon (19th c.) (arr.)   |   Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Grua, Ricordi & Co.

Fra G10/19  RBW 2777

Ebben si aduni | Tu vedrai la sventurata | the favorite Aria, with the Embellishments as Sung by | Signor Donzelli | in the Opera of | Il Pirata | Composed by | Vicenzo Bellini
[1831]    Mori & Lavenu, 28 New Bond Street

pp.1-8  

Librettist Felice Romani

Short Title  > Ebben si aduni [and] Tu vedrai la sventurata: recit. & aria
Cmp/Arr  > Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu
Performer(s)  > Sigr Donzelli

Fra G10/20  RBW 2778

Gentil vaga violetta | Cavatina | nell'Opera | La Violetta | del | Signor Mo. Carafa
[c1830]    S. Chappell .. 50 New Bond Street

pp.1-6  

Short Title  > Gentil vaga violetta: cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Michele Carafa (1787-1872)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > S. Chappell

Fra G10/21  RBW 2779

E vezzosa si la rosa odorosa porporina | Canzoncina | Composed by | Nicola Vaccaj
[1825]    Birchall & Co. 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-3  

Short Title  > È vezzosa si la rosa odorosa porporina: canzoncina
Cmp/Arr  > Nicola Vaccai (1790-1848)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.

Fra G10/22  RBW 2780

Adelaida .. L. van Beethoven [Op. 46]
[1834]    Wessel & Co. No. 6 Frith Street, Soho Square

pp.1-9  

Based on a poem by Friedrich von Matthisson

Short Title  > Adelaida [Op. 46]: [cantata]
Cmp/Arr  > Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Auth/Ed  > Matthisson, Friedrich von (1761-1831)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Wessel & Co.

Fra G10/23  RBW 2781

Il cor e la mia fe Ormai saran per te | Canone a 4 voci | In the Opera of Fidelio | Composed | by | Beethoven
[1829-34]    Lonsdale & Mills, 140 New Bond Street

Librettist Joseph Sonnleithner

Short Title  > Il cor e la mia fè ormai saran per te: canon for 4 voices
Cmp/Arr  > Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Auth/Ed  > Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand (1766-1835)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Lonsdale & Mills

Fra G10/24  RBW 2782

La Dame Blanche | Opéra Comique | Air Chanté par Mr. Ponchard | Paroles de Mr. Scribe | Musique de Mr. Boieldieu, Membre de l'Institut | avec accompagnement de Piano ou Harpe par L. Jadin. || No. 2, 'Ah quel plaisir'
[1825?]    Janet et Cotelle, Paris

pp.2-11  

Short Title  > Ah quel plaisir: air with piano or harp
Cmp/Arr  > Louis Jadin (1768-1853) (arr.)   |   François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834)
Auth/Ed  > Scribe, Augustin Eugène (1791-1861)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Janet et Cotelle
Performer(s)  > Mr Ponchard

Fra G10/25  RBW 2783

La Dame Blanche | Opéra Comique | Air Chanté par Mr. Ponchard | Paroles de Mr. Scribe | Musique de Mr. Boieldieu, Membre de l'Institut | avec accompagnement de Piano ou Harpe par L. Jadin || No. 6, 'Il s'éloigne'
[1825]    Janet et Cotelle, Paris

pp.1-12  

Short Title  > Il s'éloigne: air with piano or harp
Cmp/Arr  > Louis Jadin (1768-1853) (arr.)   |   François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834)
Auth/Ed  > Scribe, Augustin Eugène (1791-1861)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Janet et Cotelle
Performer(s)  > Mr Ponchard

Fra G10/26  RBW 2784

La jeune et Sensible Isabelle | Romance | Chantée par Melles. de Lihu | et Composée par | Mme. Sophie Gail (Garre)
[1825]    [Overlabel:] London, to be had of Watson 28 Duke Street, Manchester Square

pp.1-4  Sig. Annette de Lihu; also Jane Fraser

Short Title  > La jeune et sensible Isabelle: romance
Cmp/Arr  > Sophie Gail (1775-1819)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Watson
Performer(s)  > Mlle de Lihu (A)   |   Mlle de Lihu (V)
Former Owner  > Annette de Lihu   |   Jane Fraser

Fra G10/27  RBW 2785

Ce vieux chêne dont le feuillage | Romance | Musique de | Boieldieu
[c1815?]    Chappell & Co. ... 124 New Bond Street

pp.1-5  Sig. Jane Fraser

Poetry by Charles de France, Duc d'Orléans?

Short Title  > Ce vieux chêne dont le feuillage: romance
Cmp/Arr  > François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834)
Auth/Ed  > Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394-1465)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell & Co.
Former Owner  > Jane Fraser

Fra G10/28  RBW 2786

Six | Sacred Songs | for a Single Voice | Composed with an Accompaniment for the | Piano Forte | by | Louis van Beethoven
   Clementi & Co. 26 Cheapside

pp.2-16  

Supplication -- Brotherly Love -- Death -- God's honour in his works -- The Power of God -- Repentance

Based on Gellert's German text

Short Title  > Six sacred songs for a single voice Op. 48: with piano
Cmp/Arr  > Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Auth/Ed  > Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott (1715-1769)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Clementi & Co.

Fra G10/29  RBW 2787

Angel of Life | The Words from Campbells Pleasures of Hope | Sung by | Mr. Bartleman | at the | Vocal Concerts at Willis's Rooms | March 1802 | Set to Music by Dr. Callcott
[c1795]    Rt. Birchall 133 New Bond Street

pp.1-8  Sig. Jane Fraser

Short Title  > Angel of life: song
Cmp/Arr  > J W Callcott (1766-1821)
Auth/Ed  > Campbell, Thomas (1777-1844)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Robert Birchall
Performer(s)  > Mr Bartleman
Former Owner  > Jane Fraser

Fra G10/30  RBW 2788

Return Blest Days | A Favorite Glee for Four Voices | Composed by | J. S. Smith
[1795?]    Rt. Birchall ... 133 New Bond Street

pp.512-514  Sig. Jane Fraser

Short Title  > Return blest days: glee for 4 voices
Cmp/Arr  > J S Smith (1750-1836)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Robert Birchall
Former Owner  > Jane Fraser