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

Text that may appear erroneous is highlighted to show that it is either confirmed or under review

Newhailes  NH 40   Nha.Mus.40
'Misses Smollett at Cameron'

'Christian E.L. Dalrymple | February 1895 | one of the many volumes of music that belonged to the Misses Smollett at Cameron' (inside cover)
New NH 40/1  RBW 1596

Dans un délir, | Romance, | dans l'Opera de Joconde, | Musique de | Nicolo. | No | 6
[1817]    London, Chappell & Co .. 50 New Bond Street  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co. 27 George Street Edinr.  ::  Price 1/6

pp.1-3  Plate no. 491  

For high voice & piano or harp

Opéra comique by Nicolas Isouard, also known as Nicolò, to a libretto by Charles-Guillaume Étienne

Short Title  > Dans un délire extrème: romance
Cmp/Arr  > Nicolas Isouard (1773-1818)
Auth/Ed  > Étienne, Charles-Guillaume (1778-1845)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.

New NH 40/2  RBW 1597

No. 5 | Marie | Opera Comique en trois Actes, | Paroles de Mr. Planard | Musique de F. Hérold, | Duo, chanté par Mme Rigaut et Mr Chollet ['Laissez-moi lire dans votre coeur']
[1826?]    A Paris, chez J. Meissonnier .. rue Dauphine 28   ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co 27 George Street, Edinr. ('Colquon Edinr' in ink on r.h. corner of t.p.)  ::  Prix 4Fr.50

pp.[1]-13  

For soprano, tenor & piano

Also: Meissonnier's 'Catalogue Thematique des Morceaux detaches de l'Opera de Maris'

Short Title  > Laissez-moi lire dans votre coeur: duo
Cmp/Arr  > Ferdinand Hérold (1791-1833)
Auth/Ed  > Planard, Eugène de (1783-1853)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J. Meissonnier   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.   |   Colquhoun
Performer(s)  > Mme Rigaut   |   Mr Chollet

New NH 40/3  RBW 1598

Eh! vogue ma Nacelle | Paroles | de P. J. de Beranger, | Barcarolle a deux voix | Dediée a son ami | Gabriel Foignet, | par | August Panseron | 2e. Edition
[c1830]    Paris [for Auguste Panseron?  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co., 27 George Street Edinr..  ::  Prix 2Fr.

pp.[1-2]  

For soprano, tenor & piano

Short Title  > Eh! Vogue ma nacelle: barcarolle
Cmp/Arr  > Auguste Panseron (1796-1859)
Auth/Ed  > Béranger, Pierre-Jean de (1780-1857)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > for Auguste Panseron   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > Gabriel Foignet

New NH 40/4  RBW 1599

Ah sposo adorabile, | The favorite Air, Sung by | Madlle. Brambilla, In the Opera of | Margherita d'Anjou, | Composed by | Meyerbeer
[1828]    Mori & Lavenu, 28, New Bond Street  ::  Sold by R. Purdie 83 Princes Strt. Edinr.

pp.1-7  

For soprano & piano

From the libretto by Felice Romani

Short Title  > Ah, sposo adorabile: aria
Cmp/Arr  > 'Giacomo Meyerbeer' (1791-1864)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu   |   Robert Purdie
Performer(s)  > Mlle Brambilla

New NH 40/5  RBW 1600

Il Sonno di Clori, | Arietta, | adattata sopra un tema di | Beethoven, | dalla Sonata Op. 26
[c1830]    Lonsdale & Mills, 140, New Bond Street. Princes Street Edinr.

pp.1-3  Plate no. 2342  

For high voice & piano

Adapted from Beethoven's Sonata no. 26

Short Title  > Il sonno di Clori: arietta
Cmp/Arr  > Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)   |   Anon. (arr.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Lonsdale & Mills

New NH 40/6  RBW 1601

Povero cor, perche tu palpiti cosi? | Cavatina, | Composed by | Signor Manfroci. | Arranged by M. Roppino Lacy
[1829]    Birchall & Co. 140, New Bond Street  ::  Price 1s.

pp.1-3  Plate no. 2243  

For voice & piano

Short Title  > Povero cor, perché tu palpiti così?: cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Nicola Manfroce (1791-1813)   |   Michael Rophino Lacy (1795-1867) (arr.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.

New NH 40/7  RBW 1602

[Donizetti's] Non giova il sospirar, | Canzonetta Venziana | With an Accompaniment for the | Piano Forte
[1828]    Birchall & Co., 130, New Bond Street  ::  Price 1s.

pp.1-3  Plate no. 2179  

Short Title  > Non giova il sospirar: canzonetta venziana
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.

New NH 40/8  RBW 1603

Presso un ruscello limpido, | The Favorite Romance, | in the Opera of | La Vilanella Feudataria. | Composed by | Vaccai
[1828]    S. Chappell .. 135, New Bond Street  ::  Price 1/6

pp.1-4  Plate no. 3500  

For high voice & piano

Libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli

Short Title  > Presso un ruscello limpido: romance
Cmp/Arr  > Nicola Vaccai (1790-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Merelli, Bartolomeo (1794-1879)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > S. Chappell

New NH 40/9  RBW 1604

Journal Hebdomadaire. | no. 13 [Canzonetta | Grand Waltz | Nocturne]
[1828]    T. Boosey & Co. 28 Holles Street, Oxford Street  ::  Price 1/6

pp.[49]-52  

pp.[49]-50: Canzonetta Il Duolo | F.Wollank
p.51: Grand Waltz | D[aniel?] Schlesinger
p.52: Ni jamais ni toujours | Nocturne a deux voix, par Madame Gail

Short Title  > Il Duolo (canzonetta by F Wollank): [and works by D Schlesinger and Mme Gail]
Cmp/Arr  > Friedrich Wollank (1781-1831)   |   Daniel Schlesinger (1799-1839)   |   Sophie Gail (1775-1819)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Boosey & Co.

New NH 40/10  RBW 1605

Recitvo. Numi che intesi mai! | ed Cavatina, | Se M'Abbandoni | Nell' Opera Nitocri. | As Sung by | Madame Malibran Garcia | Composed by Mercadante
[1829]    F.T. Latour .. 50, New Bond Street  ::  Price 2/6

pp.1-8  Plate no. L.590  

For soprano & piano

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  > F.T. Latour
Performer(s)  > Mme Malibran (de Berio) / Malibran Garcia

New NH 40/11  RBW 1606

Recit. 'Cesse al fin la Tempesta.' | Celebrated Cavatine, 'Ma dov'e' | Composed by | Pacini, | with the embellishments as Sung with the greatest applause by | Made. Pisaroni, | in the Opera of | L'Italiana in Algieri, | Arrangés expressly for her by | N.C. Bochsa. | Director & Composer of the music to the King's Theatre
[1829]    Mori & Lavenu, 28 New Bond Street  ::  Sold by R. Purdie ..  ::  Price 3/-

pp.1-10  Plate no. 2464  

For soprano & piano

The opera buffa L'Italiana in Algeri is by Rossini to a libretto by Angelo Anelli

Short Title  > Cesse al fin la tempesta [and] Ma dov'è: recit. & cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > N-C Bochsa (1789-1856) (arr.)   |   Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867)   |   Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Anelli, Angelo (1761-1820)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu   |   [Robert] Purdie
Performer(s)  > Mme Pisaroni

New NH 40/12  RBW 1607

Padre! oh spavento! Recitvo. | Deh! fermate non t'ascolto, | Duetto, in the Opera of | La Sposa Fedele. | Composed by | Signor Pacini
[1823]    Birchall & Co, 140, New Bond Street  ::  Price 2/6

pp.1-11  Plate no. 1476  

For soprano, baritone & piano

Libretto by Gaetano Rossi

Short Title  > Padre! oh spavento! [and] Deh! Fermate non t'ascolto: recit. & duet
Cmp/Arr  > Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867)
Auth/Ed  > Rossi, Gaetano (1774-1855)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.

New NH 40/13  RBW 1608

Ah! mirate quell sembiante, | Aria in the Opera of | Emman di Ressurgo, | Composed by | Signor Filippo Celli
[1828]    Birchall & Co. 140, New Bond Street

pp.1-8  Plate no. 2215  

For mezzo soprano & piano

The opera Emma di Resburgo is by Meyerbeer to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi

Short Title  > Ah! Mirate quell sembiante: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Filippo Celli (1782-1856)   |   'Giacomo Meyerbeer' (1791-1864)
Auth/Ed  > Rossi, Gaetano (1774-1855)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.

New NH 40/14  RBW 1609

L'infelice e Trista notte. | Cavatina, | Composed by | Signor D. Luigi Mosca
[1828]    Birchall & Co.,140, New Bond Street  ::  Price 1s

pp.1-4  Plate no. 2220  

For mezzo soprano & piano

Short Title  > L'infelice e trista notte: cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Luigi Mosca (1775-1824)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.

New NH 40/15  RBW 1610

Or che la notte invita, | Cavatina | With an Accompaniment for the | Piano Forte, | Composed by | Signor G. Crescentini
[c1828]    Rt. Birchall, 140, New Bond Street  ::  Price 1/6

pp.1-3  

For soprano & piano

Short Title  > Or che la notte invita: cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Geronimo Crescentini (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Robert Birchall

New NH 40/16  RBW 1611

Mi vedrai nel ciglio ancora. | Cavatina, | Nell' Opera | Il Sonnambulo, | del | Sigr. Mo. Carafa
[c1829]    T. Welsh Royal Harmonic Institution, Argyll Rooms, 246, Regent Street  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co. 27 George Street Edinr.  ::  Price 3/-

pp.1-12  Plate no. 3376  

For soprano & piano

Libretto by Felice Romani

Short Title  > Mi vedrai nel ciglio ancora: cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Michele Carafa (1787-1872)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Thomas Welsh   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.

New NH 40/17  RBW 1612

Non Reggo a tal contento, | Rondo, Nell' Opera | Nitocri, | Del Sigr. Mo. | Mercadante
[c1828]    T. Welsh at the Royal Harmonic Institution, Argyll Rooms, 246, Regent Street  ::  Sold by Robertson 47 Princes Street Edinburgh  ::  Price 2s/-

pp.1-9  Plate no. 3387  

For soprano & piano

Libretto by Apostolo Zeno

Short Title  > Non reggo a tal contento: rondo
Cmp/Arr  > Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870)
Auth/Ed  > Zeno, Apostolo (1669-1750)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Thomas Welsh   |   Robertson

New NH 40/18  RBW 1613

Ah! per te se I giorni miei, Duettino, | in the Opera of | Donna Caritea, | Composed by | Signor Mercadante
[1827]    Birchall & Co., 140, New Bond Street  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co., 27 George Street Edinr.  ::  Price 2s.

pp.1-9  Plate no. 2036  

For soprano, tenor & piano

Libretto by Paolo Pola

Short Title  > Ah! Per te se I giorni miei: duettino
Cmp/Arr  > Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870)
Auth/Ed  > Pola, Paolo (1773-1841)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.

New NH 40/19  RBW 1614

'Twere vain to tell thee all I feel | Der Abschied: | a Celebrated Swiss Air, as Sung by | Madame Stockhausen, | also by | Madame Vestris, | The Words Written by | J. Augustine Wade Esqre. | Arranged with an Accompaniment | for the | Piano Forte or Harp, | and Dedicated to | Mlle. Thadea de Zeltner, | by | F. Stockhausen, | Harpiste du Roi de France. | No.1
[1827]    F.T. Latour .. 50, New Bond Street  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co 27 George Street, Ednr.  ::  Price 2/-

pp.2-5  Plate no. L.326  

For high voice & piano or harp (Swiss Ger. & Eng.)

Short Title  > 'Twere vain to tell thee all I feel: Swiss air
Cmp/Arr  > Franz Stockhausen (1789-1868) (arr.)   |   Trad.
Auth/Ed  > Wade, Joseph Augustine (1796-1845)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > F.T. Latour   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mme Stockhausen   |   Mme Vestris
Dedicatee(s)  > Mlle Thadea de Zeltner

New NH 40/20  RBW 1615

Once my Song, | Das Madchen auf der Wiese. | a Celebrated Swiss Air, as Sung by | Madame Stockhausen, | at the | Nobilities & Public Concerts | Arranged with an Accompaniment | for the | Piano Forte or Harp, | and Dedicated to Mlle. Thadea de Zeltner | by | F. Stockhausen, | Harpiste du Roi de France | No. 3
[1827]    F.T. Latour .. 50, New Bond Street  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co. 27 George Street Edinr.  ::  Price 2/-

pp..2-5  Plate no. L.370  

For high voice & piano or harp (Swiss Ger. & Eng.)

Short Title  > Once my song (Das Mädchen auf der Wiese): Swiss air
Cmp/Arr  > Franz Stockhausen (1789-1868) (arr.)   |   Trad.
Pr/Pub/Bks  > F.T. Latour   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mme Stockhausen

New NH 40/21  RBW 1616

Souvenir de la Suisse, | 1. The Goatherd's Boy | Translated & Adapted to the | Original Swiss Melodies, | as Sung by | Made. Stockhausen, | at his Majesty's & the Nobilities Concerts, | with the greatest Applause, | The Words by | W. Ball, | with an Accmpt. for the Harp or Piano Forte, | by | F. Stockhausen
[1828?]    Mori & Lavenu, 28, New Bond Street  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co. 27, George Street.Edinr.  ::  Price 2/-

pp.1-4  

For voice & harp or piano (Swiss Ger. & Eng.)

Short Title  > The goatherd's boy: song
Cmp/Arr  > Franz Stockhausen (1789-1868) (arr.)   |   Trad.
Auth/Ed  > Ball, William (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mori & Lavenu   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mme Stockhausen

New NH 40/22  RBW 1617

Evening Song to the Virgin, | (At Sea,) | A Duett, [Ave Sanctissima] | The Words from | The Forest Sanctuary, | by | Mrs. Hemans | The Music by | Her Sister
[1828]    I. Willis & Co Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly   ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co. 27 George Street Edinr.  ::  Price 2/-

pp.1-3  Plate no. RMR 554  

For two voices & piano

Also: Catalogue Royal Musical Repository

Short Title  > Ave Sanctissima (Evening song to the Virgin): duet
Cmp/Arr  > Harriet Browne (1798-1858)
Auth/Ed  > Hemans, Mrs Felicia Dorothea (1793-1835)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > I. Willis & Co.   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.

New NH 40/23  RBW 1618

O Happy, happy Fair, | Shakspeare's Loadstars, | Set to Music for Three Voices, | by | Wm. Shield, Arranged by Dr. John Clarke
[1829]    Birchall & Co. 140, New Bond Street  ::  Price 2s.

pp.1-7  Plate no. 2268  

For three voices & piano

Short Title  > O happy, happy fair: trio
Cmp/Arr  > John Clarke-Whitfeld (1770-1836) (arr.)   |   William Shield (1748-1829)
Auth/Ed  > Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Birchall & Co.

New NH 40/24  RBW 1619

The | Banks of the Blue Moselle, | Ballad, | Sung by | Mrs. Keeley, | in | Mr. Peake's Musical Romance of the | Skeleton Lover, | as Performed at the | Theatre Royal, English Opera, | The Poetry by E. Fitz Ball, | The Music by | G. Herbert Rodwell
[c1829]    Goulding & D'Almaine, 20, Soho Square  ::  Sold by Paterson Roy & Co. 27 George Street Edinr.  ::  Pr. 2s.

pp.1-5  

For high voice & piano

Short Title  > The banks of the blue Moselle : ballad
Cmp/Arr  > G Herbert Rodwell (1800-1852)
Auth/Ed  > Fitzball, Edward (1792-1873)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Goulding (&) D'Almaine   |   Paterson, Roy & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mrs Keeley

New NH 40/25  RBW 1620

Alice Gray, | A Ballad, | Sung by | Miss Stephens, | and | Miss Bacon, | Composed and Inscribed to | Mr. A. Pettet, | by | Mrs. Philip Millard
[c1829]    A. Pettet's .. No. 154, Oxford Strt. opposite Bond Strt.  ::  Pr. 2/-

pp.1-5  

For medium(?) voice & piano

Also: Catalogue: New Music Published by Alfred Pettet, 154, Oxford Street, opposite Bond Street, London.

Short Title  > Alice Gray: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Mrs Philip Millard (d. c1840)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > A. Pettet
Performer(s)  > Miss Stephens   |   Miss Bacon

New NH 40/26  RBW 1621

No. 18 | The Spot where I was born, | The Portuguese Minstrel, | Romance. | Written by | Harry Stoe van Dyk, | Composed by | John Barnett
[c1830]    Mayhew & Co. ..17, Old Bond Street  ::  Price 2/-

pp.44-47  

For medium voice & piano

Short Title  > The spot where I was born: romance
Cmp/Arr  > John Barnett (1802-1890)
Auth/Ed  > Van Dyk, Harry Stoe (1798-1828)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mayhew & Co.

New NH 40/27  RBW 1622

Meet me by moonlight, | A Ballad, | Written and Composed | by | J. Augustine Wade Esqr.
[1826]    F.T. Latour .. 50, New Bond Street  ::  Sold by J. McFadyen 63 Wilson St. Glasgow  ::  Price 2/-

pp.1-5  Plate no. L.115  

For low/medium voice & piano

Also: Catalogue of the Songs, Duets, and Choruses, in the popular comic opera of the Two Houses of Grenada by I.A. Wade esqr.

Short Title  > Meet me by moonlight: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > J A Wade (1796-1845)
Auth/Ed  > Wade, Joseph Augustine (1796-1845)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > F.T. Latour   |   J. McFadyen