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 41  T.7. 3
MISS IRVINE

Sig. inside front cover: B & J.Irvine | Drum. (Excisions between items 4/5, and 5/6)
Dru Dr 41/1  RBW 1158

Choix | de Romances Francaises | et | d'Ariettes Italiennes | composées | avec Accompagnement de Piano-Forte .. No.142 ['Ouvrez!- Macht auf!' | Le Retour des Promis. | Bolero | Die Rückkehr der Freier. | .. Composé par | Joseph Dessauer]
   Berlin chez Ad. Mt. Schlesinger .. Unter der Linden No. 34

pp.2-5  Plate no. S.2208(142)  Sig. Jane C.Irvine

Short Title  > Le retour des promis: sung bolero
Cmp/Arr  > Josef Dessauer (1798-1876)
Auth/Ed  > Barateau, Émile (1792?-1870)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > A.M. Schlesinger
Former Owner  > J. C. Irvine

Dru Dr 41/2  RBW 1159

No.13 | Die Post | (La poste) [from Schubert's Winterreise]
   [Vienne, chez Tobie Haslinger]

pp.51-55  Plate no. T.H.8733  

Voice and piano

Poetry by Wilhelm Müller

Short Title  > Die Post (La poste): song
Cmp/Arr  > Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Auth/Ed  > Müller, Wilhelm (1794-1827)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Tobias Haslinger

Dru Dr 41/3  RBW 1160

Liederspende | aus dem Verlage | von Trautwein & Co. in Berlin | [No. 1] Wenn du Wärst mein Eigen [by Fr. Kücken]
   [Berlin: Trautwein & Co.]

pp.2-3  Sig. B.Irvine

Voice and piano

Also: Series: Liederspende aus dem Verlage von Trautwein & Co. in Berlin [No.1]

Poem by von Hahn-Hahn, first published 1835

Short Title  > Wenn du wärst mein eigen: song
Cmp/Arr  > Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810-1882)
Auth/Ed  > Hahn-Hahn, Ida von (Countess) (1805-1880)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Trautwein & Co.
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 41/4  RBW 1161

La Veglia, | Canzone, | del | Conte Pepoli, | Cantata da | Signor Rubini, Mario, ed Ivanoff, | Composta e Dedicata al | Signor Principe | Giuseppe Poniatowsky | Da | Giulio Benedict
[1829]    Cramer, Addison & Beale, 210 Regent Street and 67 Conduit Street  ::  Sold by Wood & Co. 12 Waterloo Pl. Edinr.

pp.1-7  Plate no. 2771  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > La veglia: canzone
Cmp/Arr  > Julius Benedict (1804-1885)
Auth/Ed  > Pepoli, Carlo (Count) (1796-1881)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)
Performer(s)  > Sigr Rubini   |   Sigr Mario   |   Sigr Ivanoff
Dedicatee(s)  > Principe Giuseppe Poniatowsky

Dru Dr 41/5  RBW 1162

Prendi l'anel ti dono | Scena e Duetto | nell'Opera | La Sonnambula | Del Mo. Bellini | [Perdona o mia diletta]
   T. Boosey & Co. 28 Holles Street, Oxford Street. Milan by John Ricordi Paris by Launer

pp.[33]-49  Plate no. 5300  

Voice and piano

Librettist Felice Romani

Short Title  > Prendi l'anel ti dono [and] Perdona o mia diletta: scena & duet
Cmp/Arr  > Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Boosey & Co.   |   G. Ricordi / John Ricordi   |   Launer

Dru Dr 41/6  RBW 1163

Les Soirées Musicales .. | par G. Rossini. Traduction allemande par le professor G. Friedrich [ie F. M. Gredy]. No. 9 La Regata Veneziana
   Londres chez Willis [and several other publishers in Vienna, St Petersburg etc.]

pp.2-7  Plate no. 4267.9  

A 'rall' has been pencilled in

Ital. & Ger. text

Short Title  > La regata veneziana: song
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Auth/Ed  > Gredy, Friedrich Melchior (1805-1864)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Willis

Dru Dr 41/7  RBW 1164

Nuit d'Été à Pausilippe .. G.Donizetti | No. 8 Die Morgenröthe | L'Aurora
   Mayence et Anvers, chez les fils de B. Schott [also Paris, Naples, London]

pp.22-25  Plate no. 4750.8  

Short Title  > Die Morgenröthe / L'Aurora (Nuits d'été à Pausilippe, no. 8): nocturne à deux voix
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Tarantini, Leopoldo (1811-1882)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > B. Schotts Söhne

Dru Dr 41/8  RBW 1165

Lyra d'Italia. | Collection | de Duos, Duettini et Nocturnes Italiens. | Il Solitario, e La Pellegrina | Gabussi
   Mayence, Anvers et Bruxelles chez les fils de B. Schott, Depot général de notre fonds de Musique, à Leipzig, chez Gme Härtel, à Vienne chez H.F. Müller

pp.2-7  Plate no. 6045.1  

Short Title  > Il solitario e la pellegrina: duettino
Cmp/Arr  > Vincenzo Gabussi (1800-1846)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > B. Schotts Söhne   |   Gme Härtel   |   H. F. Müller

Dru Dr 41/9  RBW 1166

Dodici | Duettini | da Camera | con Accompagnamento di Pianoforte | composti dal Cavaliere Maestro | V. Gabussi | Parole tedesche da G. Hahnel. No. 12 Rizzio, Rizzio
   Vienna presso Pietro Mechetti Qm. Carlo Parigi, presso B. Latte Londra, presso T. Boosey e Cm.

pp.3-11 [39-47]  Plate no. P.M.N. 3592  Some inscription on t.p. is now indecipherable, but ends 1844

Short Title  > Rizzio, Rizzio: duettino
Cmp/Arr  > Vincenzo Gabussi (1800-1846)
Auth/Ed  > Berrettoni, Arcangelo (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Pietro Mechetti   |   Bernard Latte   |   T. Boosey & Co.

Dru Dr 41/10  RBW 1167

Number 10 | Recit. 'I rage, I melt, I Burn' & | Air 'O Ruddier than the Cherry'. | Acis and Galatea | E.J. Loder's | New Arrangement | of | Handel's | most admired | Songs, Duets and Trios, | with an | Accompaniment | for the | Piano Forte, | carefully adapted from the | Original Scores
[1829]    Monro & May .. 11 Holborn Bars  ::  May also be had of Wood & Co. 12, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, &c. &c.

pp.1-5  

Voice and piano

From Acis and Galatea, words by John Gay

Short Title  > I rage, I melt, I burn [and] & O ruddier than the cherry: recit. & aria
Cmp/Arr  > Edward Loder (1813-1865) (arr.)   |   George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Gay, John (1685-1732)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Monro & May   |   Wood & Co.

Dru Dr 41/11  RBW 1168

Number 24 | Air. 'Oh had I Jubal's Lyre' | Joshua. | E.J.Loder's | New Arrangement | of | Handel's | most admired | Songs, Duets and Trios, | with an Accompaniment | for the | Piano Forte, | carefully adapted from the Original Scores
   Monro & May .. 11 Holborn Bars  ::   May also be had of Wood & Co. 12, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, &c. &c.

pp.2-5  

Voice and piano

From Joshua, words by Thomas Morell

Short Title  > Oh had I Jubal's lyre : air with piano
Cmp/Arr  > Edward Loder (1813-1865) (arr.)   |   George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Morell, Thomas (1703-1784)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Monro & May   |   Wood & Co.

Dru Dr 41/12  RBW 1169

Number 29 | Let the Bright Seraphim | Samson | E.J. Loder's | New Arrangement | of | Handel's | most admired | Songs, Duets and Trios, | with an Accompaniment | for the | Piano Forte, | carefully adapted from the Original Scores
   Monro & May .. 11 Holborn Bars  ::  May also be had of Wood & Co. 12, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, &c. &c.

pp.1-5  

Voice and piano

From Samson, words by Newburgh Hamilton after Milton

Short Title  > Let the bright seraphim: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Edward Loder (1813-1865) (arr.)   |   George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Hamilton, Newburgh (1691-1761)   |   Milton, John (1608-1674)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Monro & May   |   Wood & Co.

Dru Dr 41/13  RBW 1170

'Then you'll Remember me' | Ballad, | Sung by | Mr. Harrison, | At the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, | In the Opera of | The Bohemian Girl, | Written by Alfred Bunn, Esqre. | Composed by | M.W. Balfe
   Chappell .. 50 New Bond Street

pp.2-5  Plate no. 6738  Sig. (very faded pencil and difficult to read) - Beatrice Irvine Schivas

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Then you'll remember me: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Michael Balfe (1808-1870)
Auth/Ed  > Bunn, Alfred (1796-1860)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)
Performer(s)  > Mr Harrison
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 41/14  RBW 1171

New Edition in a lower key | At Morn upon the Beach I stood | Ballad, | Sung by | Mr. W. Harrison, | In the Opera of | The Bride of Venice | As performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, | Written by Alfred Bunn Esqre. | Composed by | J. Benedict
   Chappell .. 50 New Bond Street and Cramer, Beale & Co. 201 Regent Street & 67, Conduit St.  ::  Sold by Simpson 266 Regent Street

pp.2-5  Plate no. 3407  Sig. Beatrice Irvine July 1844

Short Title  > At Morn upon the beach I stood: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Julius Benedict (1804-1885)
Auth/Ed  > Bunn, Alfred (1796-1860)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)   |   Cramer, Beale & Co.   |   Simpson
Performer(s)  > Mr W. Harrison
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 41/15  RBW 1172

The Blind Man's Bride | Ballad, | Written by | The Honble. Mrs. Norton, | and Inscribed to | The Honble Mrs. Leicester Stanhope, | The Music by | Miss A. Cowell
   Chappell .. 50 New Bond Street

pp.1-5  Plate no. 5974  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > The blind man's bride: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Augusta Cowell (19th c.)
Auth/Ed  > Norton, Caroline Sheridan (1808-1877)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)
Dedicatee(s)  > Hon. Mrs Leicester Stanhope

Dru Dr 41/16  RBW 1173

Scenes that are Brightest, | Ballad, | Sung by | Miss Romer, | In the Grand Opera. | Maritana, | Performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, | The Words by | E. Fitzball, | Composed by | W. Vincent Wallace
[1829]    Chappell & Co., 50 New Bond Street, W [&] City Branch 15 Poultry, EC  ::  Sold by Wood & Co. 12 Waterloo Pl. Edinr.

pp.2-5  Plate no. 3890  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Scenes that are brightest: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Vincent Wallace (1812-1865)
Auth/Ed  > Fitzball, Edward (1792-1873)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Beale & Co.   |   Wood & Co.   |   Chappell (& Co.)
Performer(s)  > Miss Romer

Dru Dr 41/17  RBW 1174

Rage, thou angry Storm! | Recitative & Air, | Sung by | Mr. H.Phillips, | In the Romantic Opera | The Gipsy's Warning, | Performed at the | Theatre Royal Drury Lane, | The Poetry by | George Linley, Esqr. | The Music by | Jules Benedict
   Cramer, Addison & Beale, 201, Regent Street and 67, Conduit Street

pp.1-8  Plate no. 2341  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > Rage, thou angry storm!: recit. & air
Cmp/Arr  > Julius Benedict (1804-1885)
Auth/Ed  > Linley, George (1798-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)
Performer(s)  > Mr Phillips / H. Phillips

Dru Dr 41/18  RBW 1175

There is a flow'r that bloometh, | Ballad, | Sung by | Mr. Harrison, | In the Grand Opera, | Maritana, | Performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, | The Words by | E. Fitzball, | Composed by W. Vincent Wallace
   Cramer, Beale & Co. 201, Regent Street & 67 Conduit Street  ::  And to be had of Chappell, 50, New Bond Street

pp.1-4  Plate no. 3874  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > There is a flow'r that bloometh: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Vincent Wallace (1812-1865)
Auth/Ed  > Fitzball, Edward (1792-1873)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Beale & Co.   |   Chappell (& Co.)
Performer(s)  > Mr Harrison

Dru Dr 41/19  RBW 1176

'We may be Happy yet', | Ballad, | Sung by | Mr. W. Harrison, | At the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, | In the Opera of | The Daughter of St. Mark, | Written by Alfred Bunn, Esqre. | Composed by | M.W. Balfe
   Chappell .. 50 New Bond Street  ::  And to be had of Cramer, Beale & Co. 201, Regent Street, & 67, Conduit Street

pp.2-5  Plate no. 7038  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > We may be happy yet: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Michael Balfe (1808-1870)
Auth/Ed  > Bunn, Alfred (1796-1860)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)   |   Cramer, Beale & Co.
Performer(s)  > Mr W. Harrison

Dru Dr 41/20  RBW 1177

Waes me for Prince Charlie, | From | Wilson's | Songs of Scotland
   For the Proprietor by Paterson & Roy, Edinburgh Cramer, Addison & Beale and Duff & Hodgson, London

pp.2-3  

Voice and pianoforte

Poem by William Glen

Short Title  > Wae's me for Prince Charlie : song
Cmp/Arr  > Trad.
Auth/Ed  > Glen, William (1789-1826)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Paterson & Roy   |   Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)   |   (J.) Duff & (C.) Hodgson

Dru Dr 41/21  RBW 1178

The Old Oak Tree, | Or | Woodman, Spare that Tree. | Ballad, | Written by | G. | P.Morris Esqre. | Composed by | Henry Russell
   Cramer, Addison & Beale, 201, Regent St. Duff & Hodgson, 65, Oxford Strt. and Monro & May, 11, Holborn Bars

pp.1-5  Plate no. 175  Sig. Beatrice Irvine Drum

Voice and piano

Short Title  > The old oak tree (or: Woodman, spare that tree): ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Russell (1812/13-1900)
Auth/Ed  > Morris, George Pope (1802-1864)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)   |   (J.) Duff & (C.) Hodgson   |   Monro & May
Former Owner  > Beatrice Irvine

Dru Dr 41/22  RBW 1179

By the Sad Sea Waves, | Ballad, | Sung by | Mrs. Alfred Shaw, | At the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, | In the Opera of | The Brides of Venice, | Composed by | J. Benedict
   Chappell .. 50 New Bond Street. And Cramer, Beale & Co. 201 Regent Street, & 67, Conduit St.  ::  Sold Simpson 266 Regent Street

pp.2-5  Plate no. 3398  Sig. Beatrice Irvine

Voice and piano

Short Title  > By the sad sea waves: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Julius Benedict (1804-1885)
Auth/Ed  > Bunn, Alfred (1796-1860)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)   |   Cramer, Beale & Co.   |   Simpson
Performer(s)  > Mrs Alfred Shaw

Dru Dr 41/23  RBW 1180

Compositions | modernes et brillantes. | Grande | Fantaisie et Variations | pour le | Piano-forte | sur des motifs | de l'Opera Norma de Bellini, | Composées | par | Sigism. Thalberg, | Oeuvre 12
   Vienne, chez Tobie Haslinger

pp.2-19  Plate no. T.H.6719  

Short Title  > Grande fantaisie et variations sur 'Norma' Op. 12: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)   |   Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871) (arr.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Tobias Haslinger

Dru Dr 41/24  RBW 1181

Solfeggien | componiert | für das Pariser Conservatorium | Lief 2 | von | L. Cherubini. | Das Pianoforte-Arrangement ist vom Musikdirector C.F. Ebers
   Berlin [bought in Frankfurt]

pp.2-23  Plate no. S.2059  

Voice and piano

Short Title  > [Cherubini's] Solfeggien Lief 2: song with piano
Cmp/Arr  > Carl Friedrich Ebers (1770-1836) (arr.)   |   Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)

Dru Dr 41/25  RBW 1182

Ballad Quadrilles, | Melodies Composed | By | Joseph Philip Knight. | Arranged and Performed | At the | Dublin, London and Provincial | Promenade Concerts | and at the | Nobilites Assemblies | By | Jullien
[1829]    Z.T. Purday, 45, High Holborn Cramer & Co. 201, Regent Stt. and S.G. Pigott, Dublin  ::  Sold by Wood & Co. 12 Waterloo Pl. Edinr.

pp.1-7  

Piano

Also: New Editions, with elegant lithographic and copperplate embellishments. Echo of the Bands, Water Witch, & Other Popular Quadrilles, Published exclusively by Z.T. Purday, 45, High Holborn, London.

Short Title  > Ballad quadrilles (by Joseph Knight)
Cmp/Arr  > Louis-Antoine Jullien (1812-1860) (arr.)   |   Joseph Philip Knight (1812-1887)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Z. T. Purday   |   Cramer & Co.   |   Wood & Co.   |   S.G. Pigott

Dru Dr 41/26  RBW 1183

Chinese Quadrilles | By | Jullien. | The Original Chinese Airs collected & presented by Lieutenant Thompson
[c1843]    Jullien [3 Little Maddox Street, New Bond Street]  ::  Sold by Wood & Co. 12 Waterloo Pl. Edinr.

pp.1-7  

Short Title  > Chinese quadrilles: [piano solo]
Cmp/Arr  > Louis-Antoine Jullien (1812-1860) (arr.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Jullien   |   Wood & Co.

Dru Dr 41/27  RBW 1184

Vocalises et Solfèges | avec accompagnement de | Pianoforte | composées par | GH. Rossini
   A. Offenbach s m, chez Jean Andre

pp.3-15  Plate no. 6358  

Short Title  > Vocalises et solfèges: with piano
Cmp/Arr  > Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Jean/Joh(ann) André

Dru Dr 41/28  RBW 1185

Dedicated to the Misses Wildes, | Of Thornhills, near Maidstone. | Annen Polka, | für das | Piano Forte, | componirt | von | Johann Strauss [Sr.] [Op. 137]
   R. Cocks and Co .. No. 6, New Burlington Street

pp.2-3.  Plate no. 5421  

Also: The Latest Polkas, Waltzes, Quadrilles, Etc. Published only by R. Cocks and Co. ..

Short Title  > Annen-Polka Op.137: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Johann Strauss I (1804-1849)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R(obert) Cocks & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > The Misses Wildes [sic] of Thornhills near Maidstone

Dru Dr 41/29  RBW 1186

The | Musical | Bouquet | Les Dames de Seville Waltz, by Camille Schubert
   J. Bingley, 37, Moneyers Street, Hoxton, New Town, & W. Strange, 21, Paternoster Row

pp.[25]-32  

Piano solo

Short Title  > Les Dames de Seville waltz: [for piano]
Cmp/Arr  > Camille Schubert (1810-1899)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J. Bingley   |   W. Strange

Dru Dr 41/30  RBW 1187

The Musical Bouquet | The | Redowa and Polish Polkas, | Composed & Arranged by F. Lancelott
   J. Bingley, 37 Moneyers St., Hoxton, & W. Strange, 21, Paternoster Row

pp.[49]-52  

Short Title  > The Redowa and Polish polkas: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Francis Lancelott (1816-1899)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J. Bingley   |   W. Strange

Dru Dr 41/31  RBW 1188

The Musical Bouquet | Fairy Polkas [by F. Lancelott and Wm. Hague]
   J. Bingley, 37 Moneyers St., Hoxton, & W. Strange, 21 Paternoster Row

pp.[57]-60  

1.Titania’s favorite 2.Oberon’s delight
Also: Catalogue J. Bingley, 37 Moneyers St., Hoxton, & W. Strange, 21 Pasternoster Row

Short Title  > Fairy polkas: for piano
Cmp/Arr  > Francis Lancelott (1816-1899)   |   William Hague (18th/19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J. Bingley   |   W. Strange

Dru Dr 41/32  RBW 1189

10th. Edition | Jullien's Celebrated Polkas. | No. 1, The Original Polka | As danced at the Soirees du Haut-Ton in London, Paris and Vienna, &c. &c. | Dedicated to | Mr. E. Coulon. | by | Jullien
   Jullien [3 Little Maddox Street, New Bond Street]

pp.2-5  

Short Title  > The original polka as danced in London, Paris etc.: keyboard?
Cmp/Arr  > Louis-Antoine Jullien (1812-1860)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Jullien
Dedicatee(s)  > Mr E. Coulon

Dru Dr 41/33  RBW 1190

The Opera Polka, | .. The Music by | Signor Pugni
   Jullien [3 Little Maddox Street, New Bond Street]

pp.2-5  

Short Title  > The opera polka: keyboard?
Cmp/Arr  > Cesare Pugni (1802-1870)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Jullien