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  L40
MUSIC

Items 1-22: Songs - various late 19th & early 20th c.   --   23-24: Vocal duets   --   25-27: Piano solos
Fra L40/1  RBW 3128

The Lass o' Gowrie | from | Wilson's | Songs of Scotland. [No. 8]
   Published for the Proprieter by Paterson & Roy, Edinburgh | Cramer, Addison & Beale and Duff & Hodgson, London

pp.36-7  

By Lady Carolina Nairne? Orig. 1792, this ed. ?1837-50

Short Title  > The lass o' Gowrie: song
Cmp/Arr  > Unidentified Composers
Auth/Ed  > Oliphant, Carolina (Lady Nairne) (1766-1845)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Paterson & Roy   |   Cramer, Addison & Beale   |   (J.) Duff & (C.) Hodgson   |   for William Wilson

Fra L40/2  RBW 3129

Flora Mc.Donald's Lament | from | Wilson's | Songs of Scotland. [No. ??]
   Printed for Mr. Wilson, 41 Regent Square  ::  Charles Olivier Music Seller, 41 New Bond Street

pp.20-21  

By James Hogg, to a tune by Niel Gow Junior? Orig. 1792, This ed. ?1836-46

Short Title  > Flora MacDonald's lament: song
Cmp/Arr  > Neil Gow Jr (1795-1823)
Auth/Ed  > Hogg, James (1770-1835)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > for William Wilson   |   Charles Ollivier

Fra L40/3  RBW 3130

The low-backed car! | sung by | the author in his | Irish Evenings; | also by | Mr. Buckland, Mr. Genge, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Leffler, &c. | written by I Samuel Lover Esq.
[1837-62]    London: Duff and Hodgson, No. 65 Oxford Street

pp.2-4  Sig. Miss Anne Sommers

Short Title  > The low-backed car!: song
Cmp/Arr  > Samuel Lover (1797-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Lover, Samuel (1797-1868)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > (J.) Duff & (C.) Hodgson
Performer(s)  > Mr Buckland   |   Mr (G.) Genge   |   Mr Hudson   |   Mr Leffler   |   Samuel Lover
Former Owner  > Anne Sommers

Fra L40/4  RBW 3131

The | Forget-me-not | Polka | by François Bernard
[1848]    London, Duff & Hodgson, 65 Oxford Street  ::  Printed in colors by M. & N.Hanhart  

pp.2-5  Plate no. 1265  

Short Title  > The forget-me-not polka: song
Cmp/Arr  > François Bernard (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > (J.) Duff & (C.) Hodgson

Fra L40/5  RBW 3132

From the Burlington Album | inscribed to | Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland. | Thy Voice is Near | Song, | written by | Mrs. Aylmer, | Composed | by | W. T. Wrighton
[1861]    London Robert Cocks & Co. New Burlington St Regent Street W.  ::  [Stamp:] R. Cocks & Co New Burlington St 17.1.65

pp.1-5  Plate no. 13354  

Short Title  > Thy voice is near: song
Cmp/Arr  > W T Wrighton (1816-1880)
Auth/Ed  > Aylmer, Mrs (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R(obert) Cocks & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > Duchess of Northumberland

Fra L40/6  RBW 3133

From the Burlington Album | inscribed to | Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland. | Thy Voice is Near | Song, | written by | Mrs. Aylmer, | Composed | by | W. T. Wrighton [2nd copy]
[1861]    London Robert Cocks & Co. New Burlington St Regent Street W.  ::  [Stamp:] R. Cocks & Co New Burlington St 9.2.65

Short Title  > Thy voice is near [2nd copy]: song
Cmp/Arr  > W T Wrighton (1816-1880)
Auth/Ed  > Aylmer, Mrs (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R(obert) Cocks & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > Duchess of Northumberland

Fra L40/7  RBW 3134

New Edition | O who will o'er the Downs so Free? | Hickenstirn's Song. | Written and Composed | for | a chorus in four parts. | by | R. L. Pearsall Esqr. | (of Willsbridge)
   Edited and Published by Thos. Oliphant Esqr. London | Addison & Hollier, 210 Regent Street  ::  Stamped imprint A H L 20 10 63

pp.1-5  Sig. F.F. & something in pencil .. Rosdale -1-64

1st pub. 1853

Short Title  > O who will o'er the downs so free? : Hickenstirn's song (in chorus)
Cmp/Arr  > Robert Lucas de Pearsall (1795-1856)
Auth/Ed  > Pearsall, Robert Lucas (1795-1856)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Thos. Oliphant Esqr.   |   Addison & Hollier
Former Owner  > Frederick Fraser

Fra L40/8  RBW 3135

Good Night, Farewell! | Song, | with English and German Words, | composed by | Kücken
[1853]    London Leader & Cock, 63 New Bond Street corner of Brook Street

pp.1-5  Plate no. L.1817  

Short Title  > Good night, farewell!: song
Cmp/Arr  > Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810-1882)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Leader & Cock

Fra L40/9  RBW 3136

Forget it not, | (The hour when my glance met thine,) | Ballad, | sung by | Madlle. Angri, | In the Serenata of | The Sleeper Awakened | at the | National Concerts, at Her Majesty's Theatre, | Written by John Oxenford, | Composed by | G. A. Macfarren
[c1850?]    London, Published by Cramer, Beale & Co. 201 Regent Street, & 67 Conduit Street

pp.10-13; 205-8  Plate no. 5157  

Short Title  > Forget it not: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > George Alexander Macfarren (1813-1887)
Auth/Ed  > Oxenford, John (1812-1877)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Beale & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mlle Angri

Fra L40/10  RBW 3137

The Hermit, | A Sacred Song. | by the Author of 'Gideon', | 'The Birthday', &c. [ie Lady Harriet Howard] | Set to Music, and Dedicated | to | The Right Honble. | The Countess of Wicklow, | by | Zeta
[1849]    London Chappell, 50 New Bond Street

pp.2-9  Plate no. 8272  Sig. M. M. Fraser

Short Title  > The hermit: sacred song
Cmp/Arr  > Zeta (pseud.) (19th c.)
Auth/Ed  > Howard, Lady Harriet (Duchess of Sutherland) (1806-1868)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)
Dedicatee(s)  > Countess of Wicklow
Former Owner  > M. M. Fraser

Fra L40/11  RBW 3138

Blame not the Heart, | Ballad, the Poetry by | Edward Noyce Browne, | the Music Composed | By | Violetta
[c1870]    London Cramer, Wood & Co. 201 Regent Street, | Cramer, Wood & Cos. Piano Forte Gallery, 209 Regent Street  ::  Colophon: R. Home & Co. imp. Edinr.  

pp.1-4  

Short Title  > Blame not the heart: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > ' Violetta (pseud.)' (19th c.)
Auth/Ed  > Browne, Edward Noyce (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Wood & Co.

Fra L40/12  RBW 3139

Fantaisie, | sur | F. Curschmann's | Dein ist mein Herz, | pour | Le Piano, | Par | Ferd. Beyer [Front cover only]
[1850]    London Leader & Cock, 63, New Bond Street, corner of Brook St.

'Castle Fraser' has been written in ink

Front cover only - no music

Short Title  > Fantaisie sur Curschmann's Dein ist mein Herz: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Ferdinand Beyer (1803-1863) (arr.)   |   Karl Friedrich Curschmann (1805-1841)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Leader & Cock

Fra L40/13  RBW 3140

[Caption title] Jeannette and Jeannot | Words by Charles Jefferys - music by Charles W. Glover
[1848?]    No attributed printer or publisher

pp.1-5  

Short Title  > Jeannette and Jeannot: song
Cmp/Arr  > Charles William Glover (1806-1863)
Auth/Ed  > Jefferys, Charles (1807-1865)

Fra L40/14  RBW 3141

Take back the Heart, | Song , | Words by | The Honble. Mrs. G. R. Gifford, | Dedicated to | Mr. Massingberd, | Composed | by | Claribel
[c1875]    London; | Boosey & Co. Musical Presentation Library, 28, Holles Street

pp.1-5  F.F. on cover

Short Title  > Take back the heart: song
Cmp/Arr  > ' Claribel' (1830-1869)
Auth/Ed  > Gifford, Mrs George (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Boosey & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > Mr Massingberd
Former Owner  > Frederick Fraser

Fra L40/15  RBW 3142

Carry me back to Old Virginny, | The Celebrated Nigger Melody | sung by all the | Ethiopian Serenaders
[1849]    London, | R. Addison & Co. 210, Regent Street  ::  Sold by Wood & Co 189 Union St. Aberdeen

pp.2-7  Plate no. 787  

Short Title  > Carry me back to old Virginny: Nigger melody
Cmp/Arr  > Anon.
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R. Addison (& Co.)   |   Wood & Co.
Performer(s)  > Ethiopian Serenaders

Fra L40/16  RBW 3143

Sung by | Miss Louisa Pyne. | I cannot mind my wheel Mother, | Ballad, | Written | and Respectfully Inscribed to | Francis Bennock Esqr. | by | Charles Swain, | The Music | By | George Linley
[c1866?]    London Joseph Williams, 123 Cheapside. E.C. | Wholesale warehouse, 11 Holborn Bars  ::  Colophon: J. & W. Pearman, Litto's 13 Castle St. East  

pp.2-7  

Short Title  > I cannot mind my wheel, Mother: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > George Linley (1798-1865)
Auth/Ed  > Swain, Charles (1801-1874)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Joseph Williams
Performer(s)  > Miss Louisa Pyne
Dedicatee(s)  > Francis Bennock Esq.

Fra L40/17  RBW 3144

'Kathleen Aroon'. Song, | Written by Mrs. Crawford, | composed by | Franz Abt | Composer of | When the Swallows &c.&c.
[1864?]    London Robert Cocks & Co. New Burlington Street, Regent Street W. ['8 8 64']  ::  Sold by Wood & Co. 189 Union Street Aberdeen

pp.2-5  Plate no. 13488  

Published 1861. This copy 1864?

Short Title  > Kathleen Aroon: song
Cmp/Arr  > Franz Abt (1819-1885)
Auth/Ed  > Crawford, Louisa Matilda Jane (1789-1857)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R(obert) Cocks & Co.   |   Wood & Co.

Fra L40/18  RBW 3145

The Sailor's Grave | Song, | The Poetry (by Permission) by the late | Revd. H. F. Lyte | The Music | Composed by the Late | Mrs. Robert Arkwright. | And Published for a Charitable Purpose by Her Daughter | Lady Dalrymple, | arranged by | Mrs. Groom [ie Martha Wilkinson]
[1866]    London C. Lonsdale, 26, Old Bond Street

pp. 5-11  Plate no. 3135  

Short Title  > The sailor's grave: song
Cmp/Arr  > Mrs Robert Arkwright (1786-1849)   |   Martha Wilkinson (d.1867) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Lyte, Henry Francis (1793-1847)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > C. Lonsdale   |   Lady Dalrymple

Fra L40/19  RBW 3146

Dream-Land, | Song, | sung by | Madlle. Parepa | Written and Composed | by | Claribel
[1861]    London | Boosey & Sons, Musical Library | 28 Holles Street  ::  Sold by | Wood & Co. 189 Union St. Aberdeen

pp.1-7  

Short Title  > Dream-land: song
Cmp/Arr  > ' Claribel' (1830-1869)
Auth/Ed  > Claribel (1830-1869)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Boosey & Sons   |   Wood & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mlle Parepa

Fra L40/20  RBW 3147

The Bloom is on the Rye, | Sung by | Mr. Sims Reeves, | The Poetry by | Edward Fitz-Ball, | The Music Composed | By | Sir Henry R. Bishop
   London D'Almaine & Co., 104 New Bond Street W. [Stamp: 23.6.65]  ::  Sold by Wood & Co. 189 Union St. Aberdeen

pp.1-5  Plate no. 9639  Sig. F.F. on l.h. cover

Orig. c1830. This ed. 1865?

Short Title  > The bloom is on the rye: [song]
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Bishop (1786-1855)
Auth/Ed  > Fitzball, Edward (1792-1873)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > D'Almaine & Co.   |   Wood & Co.
Former Owner  > Frederick Fraser

Fra L40/21  RBW 3148

Dedicated to, and Sung by | Madamoiselle Alwina Valeria | 'The Secret', | song | words by | Lord Byron, | music by | Lady Arthur Hill
[1878]    London Hutchings & Romer 9, Conduit Street, Regent Street | Wholesale Warehouse, 10 & 11, Little Marlborough St Regent St. W.

pp.2-7  Plate no. H&R 10007  Sig. Annie Hill (stamp)

Short Title  > The secret: song
Cmp/Arr  > Annie J F Harrison (1848-1944)
Auth/Ed  > Byron, George Gordon (1788-1824)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Hutchings & Romer
Performer(s)  > Mlle Alwina Valeria
Dedicatee(s)  > Mlle Alwina Valeria
Former Owner  > Annie Hill

Fra L40/22  RBW 3149

Thirty Eighth Edition. | The Tyrolese Evening Hymn, | The Words by | Mrs. Hemans, | The Music by | Her Sister. | with Additonal Words by the Revd. E. Bagnal A M.
[c1845]    London, Published by Willis & Co. Royal Musical Library, 75, Lower Grosvenor Strt, Six doors from Bond Street (*)  ::  [Stamp (printed):] 'Royal Musical Repository 1658' Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street.  [Label, foot of page:] Binfield's Music Saloon No. 6 Promenade 'Villas Cheltenham

pp.3-7  Sig. Annie Douglas (top RH corner). Inked: 'No. 39' (top centre)

Also: (*) 'Where may be found every variety of Piano Fortes by the most Eminent Makers, at the Correct Manufacturers Prices'

Short Title  > The Tyrolese evening hymn
Cmp/Arr  > Harriet Browne (1798-1858)
Auth/Ed  > Hemans, Mrs Felicia Dorothea (1793-1835)   |   Bagnal, (Rev.) E. (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Willis & Co.
Former Owner  > Annie Douglas

Fra L40/23  RBW 3150

Dedicated to | Lord & Lady Arthur Hill | The Lover's Warning | Duet | the words by | Mrs. Boddington | The Music by | Hamilton Aidé
   London: Boosey & Co., 295 Regent Street W.

pp.1-5  

Duet for Mezzo-soprano and Baritone, with piano accompaniment

Short Title  > The lover's warning: duet
Cmp/Arr  > Hamilton Aidé (1826-1906)
Auth/Ed  > Boddington, Mrs (d. c1868)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Boosey & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > Lord Arthur Hill   |   Lady Arthur Hill

Fra L40/24  RBW 3151

Far Away, | Vocal Duet, | Composed | by | Miss M. Lindsay, | (Mrs. J. W. Bliss)
[1870?]    London Robert Cocks & Co. New Burlington Street, Regent Street, W.

pp.2-9  Plate no. 15522  

Vocal duet with piano

Short Title  > Far away: voc. duet
Cmp/Arr  > Maria Lindsay (1827-1898)
Auth/Ed  > Lindsay, Maria (1827-1898)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R(obert) Cocks & Co.

Fra L40/25  RBW 3152

Musical Bouquet [No. 232?] | Overture to La Gazza Ladra | By Rossini
   [London Musical Bouquet Office, 192 High Holborn]

pp. 61-4  

Short Title  > Overture to La Gazza Ladra: for piano with violin, flute & cello
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > 'Musical Bouquet' Office:

Fra L40/26  RBW 3153

Musical Bouquet No. 233 | La Sicilienne Valse | Composee by Gatien Marcailhou
[1847?]    London Musical Bouquet Office, 192 High Holborn; & J. Allen 20 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row

pp. 65-8  

Short Title  > La Sicilienne: valse
Cmp/Arr  > Gatien Marcailhou (1807-1855)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > 'Musical Bouquet' Office:   |   J. Allen

Fra L40/27  RBW 3154

Weippert's | Selection of | Country Dances, | containing the | following favorites... As danced at | Her Majesty's Balls, | Composed & Arranged | for the | Piano Forte, | by G. Weippert
[c1845]    London Published by J. Lawson, 198 Tottenham Court Road

pp.2-11  

Short Title  > Weippert's selection of country dances: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > George Weippert (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J. Lawson