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  N
[Opera Librettos]
Fra N/1  RBW 3191

[Libretto:] Her Majesty's Theatre | Haymarket | Lucia | di | Lammermoor
   G. Stuart, 78 Regent Street, Haymarket

45pp.  

Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano

Short Title  > Lucia di Lammermoor (Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket): libretto
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Cammarano, Salvadore (1801-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > G. Stuart

Fra N/2  RBW 3192

[Libretto:] Norma | A Tragic Opera | In Two Acts | The Music by Bellini | As Represented | at the King's Theatre | Haymarket, April 1837
   T. Brettell, Regent Street, Haymarket

pp.1-75  

Librettist Felice Romani

Short Title  > Norma (King's Theatre, Haymarket, April 1837): libretto
Cmp/Arr  > Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Brettell

Fra N/3  RBW 3193

[Libretto:] Anna Bolena | Anne Boleyn | A Tragic Opera | In Two Acts | The Music by Donizetti | As represented | At the King's Theatre | Haymarket, April 1835
[1835]    T. Brettell

pp.[1]-81  

Libretto by Felice Romani

Short Title  > Anna Bolena (King's Theatre, Haymarket, April 1835): libretto
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Brettell

Fra N/4  RBW 3194

[Libretto:] L'Elisir d'Amore | The Music by Donizetti | As Represented at the Opera Bufla | Theatre Royal Lyceum | Saturday 10th December | 1836
[1836]    T. Brettell

pp.[1]-41  

Libretto by Felice Romani

Short Title  > L'Elisir d'Amore (Theatre Royal Lyceum, 10 Dec 1836): libretto
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Brettell

Fra N/5  RBW 3195

[Libretto:] Millar's | New Italian and English Theatre | Semiramide | A Grand Opera Seria | In Two Acts | The Music by Rossini
   H. N. Millar, Norris Street And 13 Royal Arcade, Pall Mall

pp.1-40  

Librettist Gaetano Rossi

Short Title  > Semiramide: libretto by Gaetano Rossi
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Rossi, Gaetano (1774-1855)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > H. N. Millar

Fra N/6  RBW 3196

[Libretto:] The Manager's Edition | Faust | A Grand Opera in Two Acts | By Bernard | In German and English | The Music by Spohr | Now Performing at | The Prince's Theatre | under the Direction of | Herr Schuman
   A. Schloss, 12 Berners St., Oxford St. | D. Cahn, 19 Garrault Place, Spa Fields

pp.[1]-85  

Short Title  > Faust: libretto
Cmp/Arr  > Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Auth/Ed  > Bernard, Joseph Carl (c1781-1850)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > A. Schloss   |   D. Cahn

Fra N/7  RBW 3197

[Libretto:] Il Barbiere di Seviglia | (The Barber of Seville) | A Comic Opera | In Two Acts | The Music by Rossini
   H. N. Millar, Norris Street, Haymarket  ::  [Printed] Liverpool. Rockliff and Dudworth Printers Castle Street  

pp.[1]-89  

Librettist Cesare Sterbini

Short Title  > Il Barbiere di Seviglia: libretto
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Sterbini, Cesare (1784-1831)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > H. N. Millar   |   Rockliff and Dudworth Printers

Fra N/8  RBW 3198

[Libretto:] I Puritani e I Cavalieri | The | Puritans and the Knights | A Serious Opera | in Three Acts | The Music by Bellini | As Represented | at the King's Theatre | Haymarket | May 1836
[1836]    T. Brettell, Rupert Street, Haymarket

pp.[1]-93  

Librettist Carlo Pepoli

Short Title  > I Puritani e I Cavalieri (King's Theatre, Haymarket May 1836): libretto
Cmp/Arr  > Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Auth/Ed  > Pepoli, Carlo (Count) (1796-1881)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Brettell

Fra N/9  RBW 3199

[Concert programme:] Her | Majesty's Theatre | The Whole of this Evening's Performance | This Evening | Saturday August 19th 1843 | will be performed Selections from Rossini's Opera of Il | Barbiere di Siviglia | After which, the Ballet of Ondine | To which will be added the Last Act of Donizetti's opera | Lucia di Lamermoor .. To conclude with the Ballet Divertissement | Une Soiree de Carnaval [by J. J. Perrot]
   G. Stuart, Archer Street, Windmill Street, Haymarket

pp.[1]-56, 27-40, 1-4  

Barbiere di Siviglia (selections: pp.[1]-56) -- Lucia di Lamermoor (last Act: pp.27-40)

Librettists Cesare Sterbini and Salvadore Cammarano

Short Title  > Selections from Rossini's Barbiere di Siviglia and Donizetti's Lucia di Lamermoor : concert programme & partial libretti
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)   |   Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Sterbini, Cesare (1784-1831)   |   Cammarano, Salvadore (1801-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > G. Stuart

Fra N/10  RBW 3200

[Libretto:] An Entirely Original Aesthetic Opera | In Two Acts, Entitled | Patience | or | Bunthorne's Bride! | Written by | W. S. Gilbert | Composed by | Arthur Sullivan
   Chappell .. 50 New Bond Street

pp.[1]-40  Plate no. 361  

Short Title  > Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride!: libretto
Cmp/Arr  > Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
Auth/Ed  > Gilbert, W. S. (1836-1911)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell & Co.

Fra N/11  RBW 3201

[Libretto:] The | Gipsy's Vengeance | The English Translation of | 'Il Trovatore' | A | Grand Opera | In Four Parts | Written and Adapted by | Charles Jefferys | To The music Composed by | Verdi
   Charles Jefferys 57 Berners Street W.

pp.[1]-31  

Short Title  > The Gipsy's Vengeance: libretto
Cmp/Arr  > Charles Jefferys (1807-1865) (arr.)   |   Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Auth/Ed  > Jefferys, Charles (1807-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Charles Jefferys

Fra N/12  RBW 3202

[Libretto:] An Entirely Original Comic Opera | In Two Acts | Entitled | The Gondoliers | or | The King of Barataria | Written by W. S. Gilbert | composed by | Arthur Sullivan
   Chappell & Co., 50 New Bond Street, W | City Branch - 15 Poultry, EC  ::  price, cloth 2/6

pp.[1]-47  

In the series 'Gilbert's Eight Comic Operas'

Short Title  > The Gondoliers, or The King of Barataria: libretto
Cmp/Arr  > Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
Auth/Ed  > Gilbert, W. S. (1836-1911)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell & Co.