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

Drum  Dr 32  T.7.12
MRS. FORBES IRVINE | 13 CLAREMONT CRESCENT | EDINBURGH
Dru Dr 32/1  RBW 905

Second Edition | Buy a Broom ! | The Admired Air | Sung by Miss Love, at the | Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. | The Poetry by J. R. Planche Esqre., | The Music by | Henry R. Bishop
   Goulding & D'Almaine, 20 Soho Square

pp.1-5  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Buy a broom!
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Bishop (1786-1855)
Auth/Ed  > Planché, James Robinson (1796-1880)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Goulding (&) D'Almaine
Performer(s)  > Miss Love

Dru Dr 32/2  RBW 906

The Black Knight, | a Duet | from Ivanhoe, | with an Accompaniment for the | Harp or Piano Forte | Composed by | G. Kiallmark
   Chappell & Co. 50 New Bond Street, & Goulding & Co. 20, Soho Square.

pp.1-7  Plate no. 1425  

Voice and harp or piano

Short Title  > The black knight: duet
Cmp/Arr  > George Kiallmark (1781-1835)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)   |   Goulding & Co.

Dru Dr 32/3  RBW 907

Blue bonnets over the Border, | or | March, March, Etterick & Teviot-Dale, | Sung with the most enthusiastic approbation | By | Mr. Braham, | at the | Theatres Royal | London, Edinburgh & Dublin, | Partly Composed & Arranged from | The Original Celebrated National Air, | By | Alexr. Lee. | Composer & Director of Music to the Theatre Royal Dublin
   I. Willis & Co. Royal Musical Repository 55 St. James's Street (opposite Jermyn Street), London, And 7 Westmorland Street, Dublin

pp.3-7  Plate no. 242  Sig. John Braham on t.p.

Voice and piano

Also: Catalogue of Royal Musical Respository

Short Title  > Blue bonnets over the Border, or March, march, Etterick & Teviot-Dale
Cmp/Arr  > George Alexander Lee (1802-1851)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > I. Willis & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mr Braham
Former Owner  > John Braham

Dru Dr 32/4  RBW 908

Bonny Prince Charlie, | As Sung | With distinguished applause by | Miss Noel | In the National Play of | Red Gauntlet; | Arranged with Symphonies & an Accompaniment, for the | Piano Forte, | By | James Dewar
[1821-32]    Alexr. Robertson at the Music Saloon 47 Princes Street

pp.[1]-3  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Bonny Prince Charlie: song with piano
Cmp/Arr  > James Dewar (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Alexander Robertson
Performer(s)  > Miss Noel

Dru Dr 32/5  RBW 909

Bid me discourse. | Sung by | Miss M. Tree, | In Shakespeare's Comedy call'd | Twelfth Night. | Performed at the | Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, | The Poetry by Shakespeare's Sonnets. | The Music composed by | Henry R. Bishop .. As Sung by Miss M | Tree, | also by Miss Stephens, | at the Nobility's & Public Concerts
   Goulding, D'Almaine Potter & Co. 20 Soho Square & to be had at 7 Westmorland St Dublin

pp.2-7  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Bid me discourse
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Bishop (1786-1855)
Auth/Ed  > Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co.
Performer(s)  > Miss M. Tree

Dru Dr 32/6  RBW 910

Fifth Edition | Cherry Ripe, | A Cavatina, | Sung with the most rapturous applause by | Madame Vestris, | In Mr. Poole's popular Comedy | Paul Pry, | Composed & Dedicated to C. Lyon Esqr. | By | C.E. Horn
   I. Willis & Co Royal Musical Repository, 55 St. James's Street, (opposite Jermyn Street), London, And 7, Westmorland Street, Dublin

pp.1-5  Plate no. RMR 114  

Voice and piano

Also: Catalogue of Royal Musical Repository

Short Title  > Cherry ripe: cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Charles Edward Horn (1786-1849)
Auth/Ed  > Poole, John (1786-1872)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > I. Willis & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mme Vestris

Dru Dr 32/7  RBW 911

Coronation Anthem | By Handel, | for the Voice, Organ, or Piano Forte [Zadok the Priest]
   Longman & Co. 131, Cheapside

pp.1-4  

Short Title  > Zadok the priest: Coronation anthem
Cmp/Arr  > George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Longman & Co.

Dru Dr 32/8  RBW 912

Deeper, and deeper still, | and | Waft Her, Angels! | Recitative and Air in the Oratorio of | Jephtha, | by | G.F. Handel, | Aranged by T. Greatorex
   The Royal Harmonic Institution (Lower Saloon, Argyll Rooms)

pp.1-6  Plate no. 392  

Voice and piano

Librettist Thomas Morell

Short Title  > Deeper, and deeper still [and] Waft her, angels!: recit. & aria
Cmp/Arr  > Thomas Greatorex (1758-1831) (arr.)   |   George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Morell, Thomas (1703-1784)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Royal Harmonic Institution

Dru Dr 32/9  RBW 913

Farewell! But, whenever you welcome the Hour, | from | A Selection of | Irish Melodies, | By | Thomas Moore Esq. | Arranged with Symphonies | and Accompaniment , by | Sir John Stevenson, Mus.Doc.
   J. Power 34 Strand

pp.3-7  Plate no. 954  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Farewell! But, whenever you welcome the hour (by Thomas Moore): voice & piano
Cmp/Arr  > John Stevenson (1761-1833) (arr.)   |   Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Auth/Ed  > Moore, Thomas (1779-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J. Power

Dru Dr 32/10  RBW 914

Farewell Bessy, | Music and Words | By | Thos. Moore Esqr.
   J. Power, 34 Strand  ::  Sold by Wood Small & Co. No. 12 Waterloo Place Edinburgh

pp.1-3  Plate no. 11  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Farewell Bessy: voice & piano
Cmp/Arr  > Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Auth/Ed  > Moore, Thomas (1779-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J. Power   |   Wood, Small & Co.

Dru Dr 32/11  RBW 915

Giovinetto Cavalier, | Romanza, | In the Opera of | Il Crociato in Egitto, | Composed by | Meyerbeer
   S. Chappell 135 New Bond Street

pp.1-4  Plate no. 3022  

Voice and piano

From the libretto by Gaetano Rossi

Short Title  > Giovinetto Cavalier: romanza
Cmp/Arr  > 'Giacomo Meyerbeer' (1791-1864)
Auth/Ed  > Rossi, Gaetano (1774-1855)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > S. Chappell

Dru Dr 32/12  RBW 916

The heaving of the lead, | Sung by Mr Incledon in | Hartford Bridge, | Composed by W. Shield
   G. Walker .. 106 Grt. Portland Street

pp.2-3  

Short Title  > The heaving of the lead: song
Cmp/Arr  > William Shield (1748-1829)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Geo. Walker
Performer(s)  > Mr Incledon

Dru Dr 32/13  RBW 917

Hey the bonnie breast-knots, | A favorite Ballad Sung | By | Mr. Sinclair | Composed for & dedicated to | The Melodists Club, | By | John Sinclair
   For the Melodists Club by Alexander Robertson .. 47 Princes St. Edinburgh

pp.1-5.  Sig. John Sinclair (t.p.)

Voice and piano. Also included is The Original Key (i.e. A as opposed to F) for vocal line alone on p.5.

Short Title  > Hey the bonnie breast-knots: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > John Sinclair (1791-1857)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Melodists Club   |   Alexander Robertson
Performer(s)  > Mr Sinclair
Dedicatee(s)  > Melodists Club
Former Owner  > John Sinclair

Dru Dr 32/14  RBW 918

I'd mourn the Hopes, | From A Selection of | Irish Melodies. | By | Thomas Moore Esqr. | Arranged with | Symphonies & Accompaniment by | Sir John Stevenson, Mus.Doc.
   J. Power, 34, Strand  ::  Sold by Wood Small & Co. 12 Waterloo Place Edinburgh.

pp.3-7  Plate no. 800  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > I'd mourn the hopes: song
Cmp/Arr  > John Stevenson (1761-1833) (arr.)   |   Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Auth/Ed  > Moore, Thomas (1779-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J. Power   |   Wood, Small & Co.

Dru Dr 32/15  RBW 919

I'll love thee ever dearly, | Composed & Sung by | Mr. T. Cooke, | in the Operatic Anecdote of | Frederick the Great, | as Performed at the | Theatre Royal Lyceum, | Written by | S.J. Arnold Esqr.
   J. Power, 34 Strand

pp.1-3  Plate no. 445  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > I'll love thee ever dearly: song
Cmp/Arr  > Thomas Cooke (1782-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Arnold, Samuel James (1774-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J. Power
Performer(s)  > Mr T. Cooke

Dru Dr 32/16  RBW 920

If doughty deeds my Ladye please, | A | Favorite Ballad | The Poetry | Selected from the Minstrelsy | Of the | Scottish Border. | By | Sir Walter Scott Bart.
   Hime & Son, Castle Street & opposite Post Office place, Church Street, [Liverpool] and may be had of Messrs. Goulding & Co., 20 Soho Square

pp.1-4  Sig. Alexander Forbes Irvine 13 cc.

Voice and piano. Flute part on p.4 in key of D - B flat for main song.

Short Title  > If doughty deeds my ladye please: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Unidentified Composers
Auth/Ed  > Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Hime & Son   |   for J. Elouis
Former Owner  > A. Forbes Irvine

Dru Dr 32/17  RBW 921

Isabel ! | Sung by | Miss Ashe, | and also by | Miss Stephens, | at the | Nobility's Concerts, | The Poetry by | Thomas Bayly Esqr. | and the | Symphonies & Accompaniments | arranged by | Henry R. Bishop
   Goulding D'Almaine Potter & Co. 20, Soho Square & to be had at 7, Westmorland St. Dublin

pp.2-7  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Isabel!: song
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Bishop (1786-1855)
Auth/Ed  > Bayly, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co.
Performer(s)  > Miss Ashe   |   Miss Stephens

Dru Dr 32/18  RBW 922

I've been roaming, | A Cavatina | Sung by | Madame Vestris, | also by | Miss Stephens, Miss Love, and Miss Paton | Inscribed to Gibson Stott Esqr. | By | Charles E. Horn
   Royal Harmonic Institution, Argyll Rooms, 246 Regent Street

pp.1-5  Plate no. 3062  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > I've been roaming: cavatina
Cmp/Arr  > Charles Edward Horn (1786-1849)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Royal Harmonic Institution
Performer(s)  > Mme Vestris   |   Miss Stephens   |   Miss Love   |   Miss Paton
Dedicatee(s)  > Gibson Stott Esqr.

Dru Dr 32/19  RBW 923

La ci darem là mano! | Duetto | Sung by | Signor Ambrogetti & Mame.Fodor, | in the Opera of | Il Don Giovanni. | Composed by | Mozart
   Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co., 20 Soho Square & to be had at 7, Westmorland St. Dublin

pp.1-4  

Vocal duet with piano

Short Title  > Là ci darem la mano: duet
Cmp/Arr  > W A Mozart (1756-1791)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co.
Performer(s)  > Sigr Ambrogetti   |   Mme Fodor

Dru Dr 32/20  RBW 924

The Mountain Maid, | A Ballad, | as Sung with Universal Applause by | Mr. Sinclair, | at the | Theatre Royal Covent Garden | In the Burletta of | Midas, | and also at | The Oratorios, | The Music Composed by | John Sinclair
   W. Dale, 19, Poultry  ::  Sold by J. Davie Aberdeen

pp.[1]-4  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > The mountain maid: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > John Sinclair (1791-1857)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > W. Dale   |   J[ames] Davie
Performer(s)  > Mr Sinclair

Dru Dr 32/21  RBW 925

My Soldier Love, | Sung by | Miss Stephens | in | The Antiquary. | at the | Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. | Adapted and Arranged | With | New Symphonies and Accompaniments | By | Henry R. Bishop
   Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co., 20, Soho Sq. & also to be had at 7 Westmorland St. Dublin  ::  Sold by J. Davie Union Street Aberdeen.

pp.1-3 [57-59]  

Voice and piano

Adaptation from Walter Scott's original by Daniel Terry

Short Title  > My soldier love: song
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Bishop (1786-1855)
Auth/Ed  > Terry, Daniel (1789-1829)   |   Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co.   |   J[ames] Davie
Performer(s)  > Miss Stephens

Dru Dr 32/22  RBW 926

Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso, | Aria, | in the Opera of | Le Nozze di Figaro | Composed by | Mozart
   Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co., 20 Soho Sq. 7, Westmorland Street Dublin

pp.1-7.  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso: aria
Cmp/Arr  > W A Mozart (1756-1791)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co.

Dru Dr 32/23  RBW 927

Oh! had I Jubal's Lyre, | Composed by | G.F. Handel, | Arranged by Osmond Saffery
   Goulding D'Almaine Potter & Co, 20 Soho Square & to be had at 7 Westmoreland St. Dublin

pp.90-93. At foot of pages - Saffery's Handel, Bk 5 pp.87-90  

Voice and piano

From Handel's Joshua, librettist Thomas Morell

Short Title  > Oh had I Jubal's lyre: air with piano
Cmp/Arr  > Osmond Saffery (19th c.) (arr.)   |   George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Morell, Thomas (1703-1784)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co.

Dru Dr 32/24  RBW 928

O Leave me to my Sorrow, | Ballad, | Sung by | Mr. Manners, | at the | Bath Concerts, | From the | Second Volume, | of the | Melodies of Various Nations, | The Poetry by | Thomas H. Bayly Esqr. | The Symphonies and Accompaniments, | by | Sir John A. Stevenson, Mus.Doc.
   Goulding, D'Almaine & Co, 20 Soho Square, & to be had at 7, Westmorland Street, Dublin  ::  Sold by J. Davie Aberdeen.

pp.1-4  Sig. Mrs. F. Irvine of Schivas

Voice and piano

Short Title  > O leave me to my sorrow: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > John Stevenson (1761-1833)
Auth/Ed  > Bayly, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co.   |   J[ames] Davie
Performer(s)  > Mr Manners
Former Owner  > A. M. Forbes Irvine

Dru Dr 32/25  RBW 929

Say my heart why wildly Beating? | A favorite Song, | Introduced by | Miss Stephens & Miss Paton, | With distinguished Approbation | In the Popular Melo Drame called | Der Freischütz, | Or | The Seventh Bullet | now Performing with unbounded Applause at the | Theatre Royal English Opera House. | The Poetry by S.J. Arnold Esqr. | The Music Composed by | Carl Maria von Weber
[1813-21]    Royal Harmonic Institution (Argyll Rooms) 246 Regent St.  ::  Sold by R. Purdie 70 Princes Strt. Edinr.

pp.1-4 [73-77]  Plate no. 1613  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Say my heart why wildly beating?: song
Cmp/Arr  > Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Auth/Ed  > Arnold, Samuel James (1774-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Royal Harmonic Institution   |   Robert Purdie
Performer(s)  > Miss Stephens   |   Miss Paton

Dru Dr 32/26  RBW 930

Sereny, | An admired Spanish Serenade, | Arranged for the | Voice & Piano forte, | By | Sigr. Rugato
   I. Willis & Co.Royal Musical Repository, 55 St. James's Street, and 7 Westmorland Street, Dublin  ::  Sold By J. Davie Aberdeen

pp.1-3  Plate no. RMR 178  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Sereny: for voice & piano
Cmp/Arr  > Signor Rugato (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > I. Willis & Co.   |   J[ames] Davie
Performer(s)  > Sigr Rugato

Dru Dr 32/27  RBW 931

Should he upbraid | Sung by | Miss. M.Tree, | In Shakspeare's Play | of the | Two Gentlemen of Verona. | At the | Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, | The Poetry by Shakspeare | Composed by | Henry R. Bishop
   Goulding, D'Almaine Potter & Co., 20 Soho Square, & to be had at 7, Westmorland St. Dublin

pp.75-80.  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Should he upbraid: song
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Bishop (1786-1855)
Auth/Ed  > Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co.
Performer(s)  > Miss M. Tree

Dru Dr 32/28  RBW 932

Sure these soft Celestial strains, | Sung by | Miss Stephens, | in the Revived Opera of | Telemachus. | At the | Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. | Composed by | Henry R. Bishop
   No attributed printer or publisher   ::  Sold By J. Davie Aberdeen.

pp.9-12.  Sig. Mrs. Irvine Schivas on t.p..

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Sure these soft Celestial strains: song
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Bishop (1786-1855)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J[ames] Davie
Performer(s)  > Miss Stephens
Former Owner  > A. M. Forbes Irvine

Dru Dr 32/29  RBW 933

Thy smile was my hope, | A Favorite Song Introduced in the | Popular Melo Drama of | Der Freischütz | or the | Seventh Bullet | Now Performing with unbounded applause | The Poetry translated from the Original German. | The Music founded on an | Original German Melody
   Printed & Sold by Robt Purdie .. 70 Princes Street Edinburgh

pp.[1]-3  

By C. M. von Weber

Short Title  > Thy smile was my hope: song
Cmp/Arr  > Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Robert Purdie

Dru Dr 32/30  RBW 934

We weave with flow'rs thy bridal Wreath, | Bridesmaid's Song & Chorus, | In the Celebrated Opera | Der Freyschutz, | at the | Theatre Royal Drury Lane. | Composed by | C M von Weber. | & adapted to the English Stage by Henry R. Bishop
   Goulding, D'Almaine & Co., 20, Soho Square & to be had of all Music & Booksellers in the United Kingdom. and to be had at 7 Westmorland St. Dublin

pp.1-4 [92-95]  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > We weave with flow'rs thy bridal wreath: song & chorus
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Bishop (1786-1855) (arr.)   |   Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Goulding D'Almaine & Co.

Dru Dr 32/31  RBW 935

Yes! I will leave the festive scene, | In Answer to | The Celebrated Serenade, | The Light Guitar, | Sung by | Miss Paton. | Composed by | John Barnett
   Mayhew & Co. 17, Old Bond Street

pp.2-7  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Yes! I will leave the festive scene: song
Cmp/Arr  > John Barnett (1802-1890)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Mayhew & Co.
Performer(s)  > Miss Paton