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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Newhailes  NH 31   Nha.Mus.31
Loosely bound with plain covers and held together with thick string. More evidence of use in first than in second part.
New NH 31  RBW 1553

Orpheus Britannicus. | A | Collection | of all | The Choicest Songs, | for | One, Two, and Three Voices, | Compos'd | By Mr Henry Purcell. | Together With such Symphonies for Violins or Flutes .. as were by Him design'd for any of them: and | A Thorough-Bass to each Song. | Figur'd for the Organ, Harpsicord, or Theorbo-Lute. | The Third Edition with large additions .. || The Second Book, which renders the First Compleat ..
[1721]    London: Printed by William Pearson, for S.H. and Sold by J. Young Musical Instrument-Maker, at the Dolphin and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCXXI

2 vol. (in 1) pp.[i]-vi,1-286,1-204  

With preface (Bk 2) to the right Honourable Charles, Lord Halifax, Auditor of His Majesties Exchequer

Short Title  > Orpheus Britannicus: songs for 1,2 or 3 voices
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Purcell (c1659-1695)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > William Pearson   |   John Young