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 40Nha.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)
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
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'
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.
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.
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.
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.
[Donizetti's] Non giova il sospirar, | Canzonetta Venziana | With an Accompaniment for the | Piano Forte [1828] Birchall & Co., 130, New Bond Street :: Price 1s.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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/-
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/-
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.
'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.)
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.)
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/-
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/-
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.
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.
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.
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/-
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.