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  L39
MUSIC

Maroon box file
Fra L39/1  RBW 3091

Boosey's | Musical Cabinet, | No. 75 Seventh Selection | of | Twenty Songs | of the | Christy's Minstrels | with Choruses and Pianoforte Accompaniments
[1861-81]    London Boosey and Sons, 24 & 28 Holles Street

pp.1-48  

For a list of contents see Note L39/1

Short Title  > Seventh selection of twenty songs of The Christy's Minstrels
Cmp/Arr  > Various Composers
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Boosey & Sons
Performer(s)  > Christy's Minstrels

Fra L39/2  RBW 3092

Afton Water | An admired | Scottish Song | words by | Robert Burns | music by Alexander Hume
   London John Blockley, 3 Argyll Str. Regent St. W.  ::  Sold by R. Mills & Son's Music Circulating Library Established 1786 140 New Bond Street W.

pp.1-5  

Solo voice

Short Title  > Afton water: Scottish song (solo)
Cmp/Arr  > Alexander Hume (1811-1859)
Auth/Ed  > Burns, Robert (1759-1796)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > John Blockley   |   R. Mills & Sons

Fra L39/3  RBW 3093

Afton Water | An admired | Scottish Song | words by | Robert Burns | music by Alexander Hume
   London John Blockley, 3 Argyll Str. Regent St. W.  ::  Sold by R. Mills & Son's Music Circulating Library Established 1786 140 New Bond Street W.

pp.1-5  

Vocal duet

Short Title  > Afton water: Scottish song (duet)
Cmp/Arr  > Alexander Hume (1811-1859)
Auth/Ed  > Burns, Robert (1759-1796)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > John Blockley   |   R. Mills & Sons

Fra L39/4  RBW 3094

Cunningham Boosey's Universal' music | D'ye ken | John Peel, | Celebrated | Hunting Song, | with | New Symphonies and Accompaniment | By | William Layland | No. 850
[c1876]    London Cunningham Boosey & Co. 296 Oxford Street W.  ::  Sold by W. Marriott & Sons Sole Agents for C. Boosey's Universal Music 296 Oxford Street, London, W.

pp.2-4  Plate no. CB & Co. 1143  Sig. Grace Eustace (?) from M[ary?] H[ay?] (of) H[aystoun?]

Original Cumberland hunting song written around 1824 by John Woodcock Graves (1795-1886)

Short Title  > D'ye ken John Peel?: hunting song
Cmp/Arr  > William Layland (19th c.) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Graves, John Woodcock (1795-1886)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cunningham Boosey & Co.   |   W. Marriott & Sons
Former Owner  > Grace Eustace   |   Mary Hay [1792-]

Fra L39/5  RBW 3095

The arrow and the song, | Song, | The words by | Longfellow, | The Music | composed expressly for | Madame Antoinette Sterling, | by | Ciro Pinsuti
[1878]    London Boosey & Co. 295 Regent Street W.

pp.1-6  Sig. (stamp) Ciro Pinsuti

Short Title  > The arrow and the song: song
Cmp/Arr  > Ciro Pinsuti (1829-1888)
Auth/Ed  > Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Boosey & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mme Antoinette Sterling
Former Owner  > Ciro Pinsuti

Fra L39/6  RBW 3096

Gems of English Melody, | A Selection of | Favorite Airs | arranged for the | Piano Forte, | by | Henri Herz. | No. 7 (The Bloom is on the Rye)
   London: Joseph Williams, 11 Holborn Bars, and 123 Cheapside

pp.1-2  Plate no. 4272  

Short Title  > The bloom is on the rye: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Henri Herz (1803-1888) (arr.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Monro & May

Fra L39/7  RBW 3097

The | Fields of Paradise | Sacred Song | by | Chopin [?]
[1866]    London | Cramer & Co (Limited) 201, Regent Street | Cramer & Co.'s Pianoforte Gallery, 209, Regent Street

pp.1-5  Plate no. 10075  

Short Title  > The fields of Paradise: sacred song
Cmp/Arr  > Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer & Co.

Fra L39/8  RBW 3098

To Miss (Horace) Smith | Farewell, | A Song | by | Virginia Gabriel
[1857]    London, Robert Cocks & Co. New Burlington Street

pp.1-5  Plate no. 12,511  

Short Title  > Farewell: song
Cmp/Arr  > Virginia Gabriel (1825-1877)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R(obert) Cocks & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > Miss Horace Smith

Fra L39/9  RBW 3099

The Forsaken, | Ballad, | The Poetry by Hamilton Aidé | The Music | composed expressly for | Madame Catherine Hayes, | by | Virginia Gabriel
[1861]    London C. Lonsdale, 26, Old Bond Street

pp.1-6  Sig. M[ary?] H[ay?] (of) H[aystoun?]

Short Title  > The forsaken: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Virginia Gabriel (1825-1877)
Auth/Ed  > Aidé, Charles Hamilton (1826-1906)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > C. Lonsdale
Performer(s)  > Miss / Mme Catherine Hayes
Former Owner  > Mary Hay [1792-]

Fra L39/10  RBW 3100

When All the World is Young, | Song, | words by | The Revd. C. Kingsley | music | by | Elizabeth Philip
[1866]    London Boosey & Co. 28, Holles Street  ::  Sold by Pigott & Co. Music Sellers 112 Grafton Street, Dublin

pp.1-5  

Short Title  > When all the world is young: song
Cmp/Arr  > Elizabeth Philip (19th c.)
Auth/Ed  > Kingsley, (Rev.) Charles (1819-1875)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Boosey & Co.   |   Pigott & Co.

Fra L39/11  RBW 3101

Old Love Letters, | Song | Words by Samuel K. Cowan, MA. | Music Composed expressly for | Mr. Edward Lloyd, | by | Arthur Sullivan
[1879]    London Boosey & Co. 295 Regent Street, W.

pp.1-7  Sig. Arthur S. Sullivan (stamped)

Short Title  > Old love letters: song
Cmp/Arr  > Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
Auth/Ed  > Cowan, Samuel Kennedy (1850-1918)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Boosey & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mr Edward Lloyd
Former Owner  > Arthur S. Sullivan

Fra L39/12  RBW 3102

Meet me by the Moonlight | Augustine Wade, esq. [no front cover]
[1870?]    No attributed printer or publisher

pp.1-4  Plate no. 115  In pencil under the title: "Have not got the other one"

Short Title  > Meet me by the moonlight: [ballad]
Cmp/Arr  > J A Wade (1796-1845)

Fra L39/13  RBW 3103

There is a Flower that Bloometh | W. V. Wallace [no front cover]
[1845]    [Stamp: 21 Nov. 45] Cramer Beale & Co. 201 Regent St.

pp.1-4  Plate no. 3874  

Short Title  > There is a flower that bloometh: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Vincent Wallace (1812-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Beale & Co.

Fra L39/14  RBW 3104

Nightly Encored | The Continong | Sung by | Miss Farren, Miss Vaughan, & Mr Terry | in H. J. Byron's Burlesque of Little Doctor Faust | words by Henry | J. Byron | music by | W. M. Lutz
[1877]    London, Cramer & Co. 201 Regent St. W.

pp.1-5  Plate no. 7448  

Short Title  > The Continong: [song]
Cmp/Arr  > W M Lutz (1829-1903)
Auth/Ed  > Byron, Henry James (1835-1884)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer & Co.
Performer(s)  > Miss Farren   |   Mr Terry   |   Miss Vaughan

Fra L39/15  RBW 3105

Boosey's Christy's Minstrels Album | containing | their Twelve most Popular Songs, | The Accompaniments & Symphonies arranged expressly by G.F. Harris
[1859]    [Stamp: 21.2.59] Boosey & Sons Holles St London

pp.1-31  

For a list of contents see Note L39/15

Short Title  > Boosey's Christy's Minstrels Album
Cmp/Arr  > George F Harris (1796-1867) (arr.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Boosey & Sons

Fra L39/16  RBW 3106

Drink, Puppy, Drink, | hunting song, (with chorus ad lib), | Written & Adapted By | G. J. Whyte Melville
[1879?]    London Chappell & Co. 50 New Bond St. W.

pp.2-7  Plate no. 16741  Sig. G (?) Lovett Mackenzie Fraser

Words but not music by Whyte-Melville?

Short Title  > Drink, puppy, drink: hunting song
Cmp/Arr  > Anon.
Auth/Ed  > Whyte-Melville, George John (1821-1878)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)
Former Owner  > G. Lovett Mackenzie Fraser

Fra L39/17  RBW 3107

Maggie's Secret, | Song, | Written | and | composed expressly for | Madame Sainton Dolby, | by | Claribel
[c1860]    London Boosey & Co. Musical Presentation Library 28 Holles Street  ::  [At end:] J. & W. Pearman Litho's, 13, Castle St. East  

pp.1-7  

Short Title  > Maggie's secret: song
Cmp/Arr  > ' Claribel' (1830-1869)
Auth/Ed  > Claribel (1830-1869)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Boosey & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mme Sainton Dolby

Fra L39/18  RBW 3108

Alice where art Thou, | Romance, | Sung by | Signor Gardoni, & Mr. George Perren, | The Poetry by | Wellington Guernsey, | The Music by | J. Ascher
[1861?]    London Duncan Davison & Co. | Depôt general de la Maison Brandus de Paris | 244, Regent Street, Corner of Little Argyll Street

pp.1-5  Plate no. D 272  

Short Title  > Alice, where art thou?: romance
Cmp/Arr  > Joseph Ascher (1829-1869)
Auth/Ed  > Guernsey, Wellington (1817-1885)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Duncan Davison & Co.
Performer(s)  > Sigr Gardoni   |   Mr George Perren

Fra L39/19  RBW 3109

Douglas, Douglas, Tender and True | Old Ballad, | music by | W. C. Sellé
[c1860]    London A. W. Hammond, Music Seller & Publisher 9 New Bond Street opposite the Clarendon Hotel

pp.1-5  Plate no. H 241  

Short Title  > Douglas, Douglas, tender and true: old ballad
Cmp/Arr  > W C Sellé (1813-1898)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > A.W. Hammond

Fra L39/20  RBW 3110

My Boat is Waiting here for thee. | Duettino, | the words by | Frederick Enoch, | The Music by | Henry Smart
[1877-84]    London Hutchings & Romer, 9, Conduit street, Regent Street, Wholesale Warehouse, 10 & 11, Little Marlborough St. Regent St. W.

pp.1-5  Plate no. H&R 172  

Short Title  > My boat is waiting here for thee: duettino
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879)
Auth/Ed  > Enoch, Frederick (b.1827)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Hutchings & Romer

Fra L39/21  RBW 3111

The Rhine-Maiden, | Song, | written by | Amelia B. Edwards | composed by | Henry Smart
[c1858]    London, Cramer & Co. (Limited) 201 Regent Street | Cramer's & Co.'s Piano Forte Gallery, 209, Regent Street  ::  [Stamp:] Cramer & Co. (Limited) 20.6.66. London

pp.1-5  Plate no. 6904  

Short Title  > The Rhine-maiden: song
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879)
Auth/Ed  > Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford (1831-1892)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer & Co.

Fra L39/22  RBW 3112

Dedicated to the Lady Katherine Coke | Will he Come? | Song | by | Adelaide Anne Procter, | The Music | Composed expressly for | Madame Sainton Dolby, | by Arthur S. Sullivan
[1873]    London Boosey & Co., 28 Holles Street

pp.2-7  

Short Title  > Will he come?: song
Cmp/Arr  > Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
Auth/Ed  > Procter, Adelaide Anne (1825-1864)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Boosey & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mme Sainton Dolby
Dedicatee(s)  > Lady Katherine Coke

Fra L39/23  RBW 3113

The | Guards | Waltz | By | D. Godfrey | Dedicated to Lt Col. Sir Charles Russell Bart V.C. Grenadier Guards
[1865]    London, Chappell & Co. 50, New Bond Street  ::  Price 4/-

pp.1-8  Plate no. 12244  

Short Title  > The Guards waltz: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Daniel Godfrey Sr (1831-1903)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)
Dedicatee(s)  > Lt Col. Sir Charles Russell

Fra L39/24  RBW 3114

Santa Lucia, | Barcarola Popolare, | di | T. Cottrau
[c1871]    London Cramer, Beale & Wood | and Wood & Co. Edinburgh, Glasgow & Aberdeen  ::  J. & W. Pearman Litho's 13 Castle St East  Sold by Wood & Co. 189 Union Street Aberdeen.

pp.1-5  Plate no. 11126  

Short Title  > Santa Lucia: barcarole
Cmp/Arr  > Teodoro Cottrau (1827-1879)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Beale & Wood   |   Wood & Co.

Fra L39/25  RBW 3115

Phillis is my only Joy, | Ballad, | in the Old English Style, | The Poetry by | Sir Charles Sedley, | The Music by | J. W. Hobbs
[1848]    London. R. Addison & Co. 210, Regent Street | Patentees of the Royal Albert Transposing Piano Forte  ::  [Stamp 4.6.50:] Addison & Hodson 210 Regent St.

Plate no. 1393  

Short Title  > Phillis is my only joy: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > J W Hobbs (1799-1877)
Auth/Ed  > Sedley, Sir Charles (1639-1701)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R. Addison (& Co.)

Fra L39/26  RBW 3116

Dedicated to Mrs. Alfred Mellon & Mr Paul Bedford | J. L. Toole's Original Song | A Norrible Tale | of the | Suicidial Family, | Written by | E. L. Blanchard Esq. | sung by Mr. Toole | at The Theatre Royal Adelphi, in the Farce of | The "Area Belle" | & in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, Belfast, Liverpool &c. | with the greatest success
[1865]    London | Hopwood & Crew 42 New Bond Street W.  ::  [Stamp:] From John Broadwood & Sons London | Logan & Compy | Pianoforte | makers | Aberdeen.

pp.1-5  Plate no. H&C 564  

Also: [On back, ink stamp:] Hopwood and Crew 42 New Bond Street | 21 (?) 4.11.[18]65

Original by William Brough (1826-1870) and Andrew Halliday (1830-1877)

Short Title  > A norrible tale of the suicidial family: song
Cmp/Arr  > Unidentified Composers
Auth/Ed  > Blanchard, Edward Litt Leman (1820-1889)   |   Brough, William (1826-1870)   |   Halliday, Andrew (1830-1877)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Hopwood & Crew   |   John Broadwood & Sons   |   Logan & Compy
Performer(s)  > Mr Toole
Dedicatee(s)  > Mr Paul Bedford   |   Mrs Alfred Mellon

Fra L39/27  RBW 3117

I saw from the Beach, | No. 24, of | Chappell's | New Edition | of | Moore's Irish Melodies, | The Symphonies and Accompaniments | Revised & Arranged by | Edward F. Rimbault
[1859?]    London Chappell & Co. 49 & 50 New Bond Street  ::  [At end:] J. W. Pearman, Litho, 13 Castle St East  [Stamp:] Sold by Wood & Co. 189 Union St Aberdeen

pp.2-4  Plate no. 10632  

Short Title  > I saw from the beach: song (new ed.)
Cmp/Arr  > Edward Francis Rimbault (1816-1876) (arr.)   |   Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)   |   Wood & Co.

Fra L39/28  RBW 3118

Musical Bouquet | The Wanda Polka Mazurka - A. Talexy, | & The Puritani Polka
[1851]    ['Musical Bouquet' Office: 192 High Holborn and W. Strange, 21 Paternoster Row]

pp.25-8  Plate no. 295  

Short Title  > The Wanda polka mazurka [and Bellini's?] Puritani polka: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Adrien Talexy (1820-1881)   |   Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > 'Musical Bouquet' Office:   |   W. Strange

Fra L39/29  RBW 3119

Recueil de Romances | Françaises et Anglaises | de | A. Templar .. Song: When Stars are in the quiet skies
[1855-9]    London A. W. Hammond, Late Jullien & Co. 214 Regent Street, & 45 King Street

pp.1-6  Plate no. H 185  

Short Title  > When stars are in the quiet skies: song
Cmp/Arr  > Unidentified Composers
Pr/Pub/Bks  > A.W. Hammond

Fra L39/30  RBW 3120

Dedicated to | Mrs. Arthur Cumming. | At Her Window Ho! | Hungarian Love Song, | Sung by | Madame Sainton Dolby, | the Music by | Claribel
[1862]    London C. Lonsdale, 26, Old Bond Street

pp.1-7  Plate no. 2713  

Short Title  > At her window, ho!: Hungarian love song
Cmp/Arr  > ' Claribel' (1830-1869)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > C. Lonsdale
Performer(s)  > Mme Sainton Dolby
Dedicatee(s)  > Mrs Arthur Cumming

Fra L39/31  RBW 3121

Dedicated to Dolores | I never breathe her Name. | Ballad, | The Words and Music | by | Hamilton Aidé
[1862]    London C. Lonsdale, 26, Old Bond Street

pp.2-3  Plate no. 2737  

Short Title  > I never breathe her name: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Hamilton Aidé (1826-1906)
Auth/Ed  > Aidé, Charles Hamilton (1826-1906)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > C. Lonsdale

Fra L39/32  RBW 3122

No. 122 Anon: Clopedia of Music, | nos. 121 & 122, Select Walzes, Polka, Schottiches. | The Bird Polka & Schottische. | for the | Piano-Forte
[1846-59]    London, published by B. Williams, 11, Paternoster Row, & 170, Gt Dover Road

pp.2-3  Plate no. 850  

Short Title  > The bird polka & schottische: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Anon.
Pr/Pub/Bks  > B. Williams

Fra L39/33  RBW 3123

The Days that are no more, | The words from 'The Princess', | by | Alfred Tennyson, | (Published by special permission.) | set to Music | By | Zeta
[1852]    London | Lamborn Cock, Hutchings & Co. (Late Leader & Cock) 62 & 63 New Bond Street, Corner of Brook Street

pp.2-5  Plate no. L&C 1483  

Short Title  > The days that are no more: [song]
Cmp/Arr  > Zeta (pseud.) (19th c.)
Auth/Ed  > Tennyson, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Lamborn Cock, Hutchings & Co.

Fra L39/34  RBW 3124

The | Fire Fly | Polka | by | Henry W. Goodban
[c1850]    London R. Addison & Co. 210 Regent Street

pp.1-7  Plate no. 1397  

Piano

Short Title  > The firefly polka: [for piano]
Cmp/Arr  > H W Goodban (1816-1868)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R. Addison (& Co.)

Fra L39/35  RBW 3125

The | Triune National March | Composed by | Mrs. [Sarah Ann] Hayes | Authoress of the Princesses of England Waltzes [i.e.1854]
   Middlesex: Published by the Authoress, 12, Montpellier Row, Twickenham S.W.

pp.1-8  Sig. (in ink) A. Hayes

Short Title  > The Triune national march
Cmp/Arr  > Sarah Ann Hayes (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > for Sarah Ann Hayes
Former Owner  > A. Hayes

Fra L39/36  RBW 3126

Lilly Baker, | the Favorite | Negro Ballad | as sung by | The Serenaders, | at the | Nobility's Private Concerts, | The Words written and | The Music Composed | by | Percy Vere, Esqre.
[1865?]    J. H. Jewell, Music Publisher & Pianoforte Maker, 104 Gt. Russell St. Bloomsbury  ::  [Stamp:] Sold by Wood & Co. 189 Union St. Aberdeen

pp.1-4  

Short Title  > Lilly Baker: Negro ballad
Cmp/Arr  > 'Percy Vere' (19th c.)
Auth/Ed  > Vere, Percy (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J. H. Jewell   |   Wood & Co.
Performer(s)  > Ethiopian Serenaders

Fra L39/37  RBW 3127

[Incomplete p.5 of a song : ed. no. 7603 of Chappell 50 New Bond Street]