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

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Fraser  L05
F[REDERICK] F[RASER] 1858

Bound by Edmund Aberdeen
Fra L05/1  RBW 2950

But thou didst not leave his soul in hell | from | G. F. Handel's | Oratorio of | The Messiah | Arranged by William Hutchins Callcott
[1860]    Leader & Cock 63 New Bond Street Corner of Brook St

pp.39-42  

Words adapted from Scripture by Charles Jennens

Short Title  > But thou didst not leave his soul in hell
Cmp/Arr  > W H Callcott (1807-1882) (arr.)   |   George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Jennens, Charles (1700-1773)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Leader & Cock

Fra L05/2  RBW 2951

He shall feed his flock | Air .. Messiah ..
[1860]    R. Mills, 140 New Bond Street  ::  Sold by Flavell, 26 Bennets Hill Birmingham

pp.1-4  

Words adapted from Scripture by Charles Jennens

Short Title  > He shall feed His flock: air
Cmp/Arr  > George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Jennens, Charles (1700-1773)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R. Mills   |   Flavell

Fra L05/3  RBW 2952

Eve's Lamentation | sung by | Miss Stephens | in the | Oratorio of the Intercession | the poetry by Milton | The music by | M. P. King
[1834-48]    Coventry & Hollier 71 Dean Street, Soho

pp.2-5  

Short Title  > Eve's lamentation: [song]
Cmp/Arr  > Mathew Peter King (1773-1823)
Auth/Ed  > Milton, John (1608-1674)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Coventry & Hollier

Fra L05/4  RBW 2953

Ere I sleep | an | Evening Hymn | composed and inscribed | to | Mrs. Allnutt | (of Clapham) | by | Wm. Horsley, Mus.Bac.Oxon.
   Cramer, Addison & Beale, 201 Regent Street and 67 Conduit Street

pp.1-3  

Words by John Cennick

Short Title  > Ere I sleep: evening hymn
Cmp/Arr  > William Horsley (1774-1858)
Auth/Ed  > Cennick, John (1718-1755)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Addison & Beale (& Co.)
Dedicatee(s)  > Mrs Allnutt (of Clapham)

Fra L05/5  RBW 2954

Let me wander not unseen | from | G. F. Handel's .. L'Allegro .. Arranged by W. H. Callcott
   Leader & Cock 63 New Bond Street Corner of Brook Street

pp.1-6  

Words from Milton

Short Title  > Let me wander not unseen: aria
Cmp/Arr  > W H Callcott (1807-1882) (arr.)   |   George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Auth/Ed  > Milton, John (1608-1674)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Leader & Cock

Fra L05/6  RBW 2955

(Anon) Uncle Ned | The Popular Negro Ballad [Musical Bouquet no. 287]
[1855]    [Charles Sheard & Co. 'Musical Bouquet' Office 192 High Holborn]

pp. 89-92  

By Stephen Foster. Caption title. Imprint from colophon

Short Title  > Uncle Ned: Negro ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Stephen Foster (1826-1864)
Auth/Ed  > Foster, Stephen Collins (1826-1864)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Charles Sheard & Co.

Fra L05/7  RBW 2956

I'm Afloat, I'm Afloat | Composed and Sung by Henry Russell | The Poetry .. by Eliza Cook [Musical Bouquet no. 67]
[p.1843]    [J. Bingley, 37 Moneyers St., Hoxton and W. Strange, 21 Paternoster Row]

pp. 73-76  

Short Title  > I'm afloat, I'm afloat: song
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Russell (1812/13-1900)
Auth/Ed  > Cook, Eliza (1818-1889)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > J. Bingley   |   W. Strange
Performer(s)  > Mr Henry Russell

Fra L05/8  RBW 2957

Life on the Ocean Wave | Song | Sung by | Mr. Henry Russell | Written by E. Sargent | Music composed by | Henry Russell
[1844-8]    Addison & Hodson, 210 Regent Street, Opposite Conduit Street and 47 King St.

pp.1-5  

Short Title  > Life on the ocean wave: song
Cmp/Arr  > Henry Russell (1812/13-1900)
Auth/Ed  > Sargent, Epes (1813-1880)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Addison & Hodson
Performer(s)  > Mr Henry Russell

Fra L05/9  RBW 2958

Thady O'Toole | No. 9 | Songs of the Parish Wake | Written | Composed & Dedicated | to his friend | J. C. Jones Esqr. | by F. N. Crouch
[1875?]    D'Almaine & Co. 20 Soho Square

pp.1-5  

Short Title  > Thady O'Toole
Cmp/Arr  > F Nicholls Crouch (1808-1896)
Auth/Ed  > Crouch, F. Nicholls (1808-1896)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > D'Almaine & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > J. C. Jones Esq.

Fra L05/10  RBW 2959

To Memory | A Canzonet | Composed by | T. M. Purdie
[1834-68]    R. Mills, 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-3  

Short Title  > To memory: canzonet
Cmp/Arr  > T M Purdie (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R. Mills

Fra L05/11  RBW 2960

O Thou Breeze of Spring! | Song | The Poetry Written by | Mrs. Hemans | The Music Composed | by | John Lodge Ellerton
[c1834?]    C. Lonsdale (late Birchall & Co.) 26 Old Bond Street

pp.1-5  Sig. E. J. Fraser

Short Title  > O thou breeze of Spring!: song
Cmp/Arr  > John Lodge Ellerton (1801-1873)
Auth/Ed  > Hemans, Mrs Felicia Dorothea (1793-1835)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > C. Lonsdale
Former Owner  > E. J. Fraser

Fra L05/12  RBW 2961

By Dimpled Brook And Fountain Brim | From | Milton's Masque of Comus | The Music Composed by Dr. Arne
[1845]    Leader & Cock 63 New Bond Street Corner of Brook Street

pp.1-4  Plate no. L&C 377  

Short Title  > By dimpled brook and fountain brim
Cmp/Arr  > Thomas Arne (1710-1778)
Auth/Ed  > Milton, John (1608-1674)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Leader & Cock

Fra L05/13  RBW 2962

Kathleen Mavourneen | No. 4 | Echoes of the Lakes | sung by | Miss S. Hobbs | The Poetry written by Mrs Crawford | The music Composed | by | F. Nicholls Crouch
[1841]    D'Almaine & Co. Soho Square

pp.2-7  Sig. Grace Fraser, 47 Euston Square

Short Title  > Kathleen Mavourneen : song
Cmp/Arr  > F Nicholls Crouch (1808-1896)
Auth/Ed  > Crawford, Louisa Matilda Jane (1789-1857)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > D'Almaine & Co.
Performer(s)  > Miss S. Hobbs
Former Owner  > Grace Fraser

Fra L05/14  RBW 2963

Kathleen is gone | Irish Ballad | Written by | George Linley | Composed & Dedicated | to Mrs. E. Barron | by | Walter Maynard
[1847?]    Leader & Cock 63 New Bond Street

pp. 1-4  

Short Title  > Kathleen is gone: Irish ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Walter Maynard (1828-1894)
Auth/Ed  > Linley, George (1798-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Leader & Cock
Dedicatee(s)  > Mrs E. Barron

Fra L05/15  RBW 2964

Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye | Ballad | Written by Mr. Sims Reeves .. Composed by John L. Hatton
[1854?]    Cramer Beale & Co. 201 Regent Street & 67 Conduit Street and at 167 North Bridge Street Brighton

pp.1-5  Plate no. 5782  

Short Title  > Goodbye, sweetheart, goodbye: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > John Hatton (1809-1886)
Auth/Ed  > Reeves, John Sims (1821-1900)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Beale & Co.

Fra L05/16  RBW 2965

(Anon) Juanita | A Song of Spain, | Sung by Miss Lascelles. | by the Honble. Mrs. Norton
[c1860]    Chappell 50 New Bond Street  ::  J. W. Pearman, litho, 13, Castle Street, East  

pp.1-5  Plate no. 8963  

Short Title  > Juanita, a song of Spain
Cmp/Arr  > Anon. (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Norton, Caroline Sheridan (1808-1877)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell (& Co.)
Performer(s)  > Miss Lascelles

Fra L05/17  RBW 2966

When the Swallows Homeward Fly | Musical Bouquet No. 353 | Franz Abt
[1855]    [Charles Sheard & Co. 'Musical Bouquet' Office 192 High Holborn and J. Allen, 20 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row]

pp.1-5  

From the German text by Carl Herlosssohn

Short Title  > When the swallows homeward fly: song
Cmp/Arr  > Franz Abt (1819-1885)
Auth/Ed  > Herlosssohn, Carl (1804-1849)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Charles Sheard & Co.   |   J. Allen

Fra L05/18  RBW 2967

(Anon) [ie Mrs Hemans?] The Better Land | A Ballad | .. Miss Eliza Davis
[c1830]    Willis & Co. 75 Lower Grosvenor Street (Near Bond Street)

pp.3-7  

Short Title  > The better land: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > Eliza Davis (19th c.)
Auth/Ed  > Anon.   |   Hemans, Mrs Felicia Dorothea (1793-1835)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Willis & Co.

Fra L05/19  RBW 2968

We have been friends together | Ballad | Written by | The Honble. Mrs. Norton | Composed by | John Blockley
[1846]    Cramer Beale & Co 201 Regent Street and 67 Conduit Street

pp.1-5  

Short Title  > We have been friends together: ballad
Cmp/Arr  > John Blockley (1800-1882)
Auth/Ed  > Norton, Caroline Sheridan (1808-1877)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Beale & Co.

Fra L05/20  RBW 2969

Le Troubadour du Jour .. Son Nom | Romance | Musique de | Mlle. Loïsa Puget
[1838?]    T. Boosey & Co. 28 Holles Street, Oxford Street

pp.2-3  

Also: 'Le Troubadour du Jour .. One hundred and three of the most popular French, Italian, and Spanish songs'

Short Title  > Son nom: romance
Cmp/Arr  > Loïsa Puget (1810-1889)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Boosey & Co.

Fra L05/21  RBW 2970

Le Troubadour du Jour .. La Retraite | Romance | Loïsa Puget
[c1839?]    [T. Boosey & Co. 28 Holles Street, Oxford Street]

pp. 66-7  

Also: 'Le Troubadour du Jour .. One hundred and three of the most popular French, Italian, and Spanish songs'

Words by Gustave Lemoine

Short Title  > La retraite: romance
Cmp/Arr  > Loïsa Puget (1810-1889)
Auth/Ed  > Lemoine, Gustave (1802-1885)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > T. Boosey & Co.

Fra L05/22  RBW 2971

Goethe's | Song of Mignon | Know'st thou the land | Kennst du das Land, wo die Litronen bluhm? | The Music by | L. van Beethoven
[c1840]    Wessel & Co 67 Frith Street Soho Square  ::  Sold by Hamilton & Müller

pp.1-5  Plate no. W & Co. 483  

Short Title  > Know'st thou the land (Kennst du das Land): song (sop.)
Cmp/Arr  > Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Auth/Ed  > Goethe, J. W. van (1749-1832)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Wessel & Co.   |   Hamilton & Müller

Fra L05/23  RBW 2972

Swans are proudly advancing | Duettino | for | Two Treble Voices and Piano Forte | Composed by | Carl. Blum | of Berlin | Translated and adapted by Jno. Rhing
[1837]    Wessel & Co. 67 Frith Street Soho Square

pp.1-7  Plate no. W & Co. 2178  

Short Title  > Swans are proudly advancing: duettino
Cmp/Arr  > Carl Blum (1786-1844) (arr.)   |   John Rhing (19th c.) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Rhing, John (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Wessel & Co.

Fra L05/24  RBW 2973

Six German Songs | by | Fleming, Voss & Grillparzer | composed for | Voice & Piano | by | Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. | Translated and Adapted by | Miss de Pontigny | Op. 8 || No. 241 Fairer the Meads are growing
[c1840]    Wessel .. 67 Frith Street Soho Square

pp.1-3  Plate no. 3882  

Words from Grillparzer

Short Title  > Fairer the meads are growing: song
Cmp/Arr  > Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)   |   Clara de Chatelain (1807-1876) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Grillparzer, Franz (1791-1872)   |   Chatelain née Pontigny, Clara de (1807-1876)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Wessel & Co.

Fra L05/25  RBW 2974

Near the limpid fountain's edge | Duet for Soprano and Tenor | from Goethe's Divan | with an accompaniment for the | Piano Forte | composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy | translated and adapted by | Miss de Pontigny
[c1840]    Wessel & Co. [67 Frith Street Soho Square]

pp.1-5  Plate no. 3886  

Short Title  > Near the limpid fountain's edge: duet
Cmp/Arr  > Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)   |   Clara de Chatelain (1807-1876) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Goethe, J. W. van (1749-1832)   |   Chatelain née Pontigny, Clara de (1807-1876)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Wessel & Co.

Fra L05/26  RBW 2975

Ah! Could I teach the Nightingale - 'Ach könnt ich doch' | Lied for Two Voices and Pianoforte Composed by | Charles Keller | Translated and Adapted by Jno. Rhing
[1836]    Wessel & Co. [6 Frith Street Soho Square]

pp.1-5  Plate no. 1699  

Short Title  > Ah! Could I teach the nightingale (Ach könnt ich doch): Lied
Cmp/Arr  > Karl Keller (1784-1855)   |   John Rhing (19th c.) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Rhing, John (19th c.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Wessel & Co.

Fra L05/27  RBW 2976

Eight German Songs | for | Two Treble Voices and Piano | Composed by | Charles Keller || Soul Breathing Music
[c1840]    Wessel & Co. 67 Frith Street Soho Square

pp.1-3  

Short Title  > Soul breathing music: duet
Cmp/Arr  > Karl Keller (1784-1855)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Wessel & Co.

Fra L05/28  RBW 2977

Soffriva nel pianto | Duetto | In the Opera of Lucia di Lammermoor | Composed by Donizetti
[1845-8]    Addison & Hodson 210 Regent Street, opposite Conduit Street, & 47 King Street

pp.1-4  Plate no. 3702  

From the libretto by Salvadore Cammarano

Short Title  > Soffriva nel pianto: duet
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Cammarano, Salvadore (1801-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Addison & Hodson

Fra L05/29  RBW 2978

Alfin son tua, | Aria | in the Opera of | Lucia di Lammermoor | composed by | Donizetti
[c1865]    R. Addison & Co. 210 Regent Street

pp.1-8  Plate no. 3701  

From the libretto by Salvadore Cammarano

Short Title  > Alfin son tua: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Cammarano, Salvadore (1801-1852)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R. Addison (& Co.)

Fra L05/30  RBW 2979

E Susanna non vien? Recitvo. e | Dove sono i bei momenti - Aria | nell'Opera Le Nozze di Figaro | Di. W. A. Mozart
[1834-78]    C. Lonsdale 26 Old Bond Street, London

pp. 1-6  

From the libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

Short Title  > E Susanna non vien! [and] Dove sono i bei momenti: recit. & aria
Cmp/Arr  > W A Mozart (1756-1791)
Auth/Ed  > Da Ponte, Lorenzo (1749-1838)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > C. Lonsdale

Fra L05/31  RBW 2980

Ah fors'è lui che l'anima | Aria | in the Opera of | La Traviata | Composed by | Signor Giuseppe Verdi
[c1853]    R. Mills, 140 New Bond Street

pp.1-6  Plate no. 3840  

From the libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

Short Title  > Ah fors'è lui che l'anima: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Auth/Ed  > Piave, Francesco Maria (1810-1876)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R. Mills

Fra L05/32  RBW 2981

A | Serenade | from | Maud | by | Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L. Poet Laureate | Dedicated to Miss S. A. Whitmore | music by | Miss M. Lindsay
[c1856]    Robert Cocks & Co. New Burlington Street

pp.1-5  

Short Title  > A serenade from (Tennyson's) Maud
Cmp/Arr  > Maria Lindsay (1827-1898)
Auth/Ed  > Tennyson, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > R(obert) Cocks & Co.
Dedicatee(s)  > Miss S. A. Whitmore

Fra L05/33  RBW 2982

Ah! tu sai che insiemi con esso | Aria | in the opera of | Parisina | Composed by | Donizetti
[c1850]    Cramer Beale & Co.201 Regent Street & 67 Conduit Street

pp.1-3  Plate no. 5069  

From the libretto by Felice Romani

Short Title  > Ah! Tu sai che insiem con esso: aria
Cmp/Arr  > Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Auth/Ed  > Romani, Felice (1788-1865)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Cramer, Beale & Co.

Fra L05/34  RBW 2983

(Anon) The Popular Negro Melody | Cheer | Up | Sam !
[1856]    Chappell & Co. 50 New Bond Street | 13 George Street Hanover Square

pp.1-5  

Short Title  > Cheer up, Sam: Negro melody
Cmp/Arr  > Anon.
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Chappell & Co.

Fra L05/35  RBW 2984

Dearest Mace | The New Negro Song | sung with immense applause by all the | Ethiopian Serenaders | arranged by | Wellington Guernsey
[1845-50]    D'Almaine & Co. 20 Soho Square.

pp.1-5  

Short Title  > Dearest Mace: Negro song
Cmp/Arr  > Wellington Guernsey (1817-1885) (arr.)   |   Anon.
Pr/Pub/Bks  > D'Almaine & Co.
Performer(s)  > Ethiopian Serenaders

Fra L05/36  RBW 2985

Boosey & Sons' | New Edition of | The Most Celebrated | Canti Popolari | by | L. Gordigiani || La Rosa D'lnghilterra | Impossibile | Canto Popolare Toscana | Musica di Luigi Gordigiani
[c1854]    Boosey & Sons 28 Holles Street, Oxford Street

pp.14-18  

Short Title  > Impossibile: canto popolare toscano
Cmp/Arr  > Luigi Gordigiani (1806-1860)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > Boosey & Sons