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

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Leith Hall  LHM 01-4
Thomson
Lei LHM 01-4/1  RBW 16

A | Select Collection of | Original Scottish Airs | for the Voice, | With Introductory & Concluding Symphonies | & Accompaniments for the | Piano Forte, Violin & Violoncello | By | Pleyel Kozeluch & Haydn | With | Select and Characteristic Verses both Scottish and English | adapted to the Airs including upwards of | One Hundred New Songs by | Burns [Vol. 1 - ed. George Thomson]
   London - Printed & Sold by J. Preston, 97 Strand  ::  Sold also by G. Thomson, the Editor & Proprietor, Edinburgh

pp.1-50 + front & end matter  Plate no. First pub. 1793-7 (BUC). This is a later ed. of th  
Thomson' on cover. Sig. 'A Gemmell' in ink on facing page inside cover. Thompson [sic] in pencil on verso of Picture: The Birks of Invermay. Sig. Go. Thomson at foot of t.p.. Indecipherable sig.top of page, with date 1810.

Also: [front;] Advertisement (4 pp.) dated York-Place, Edinburgh, September 1803  [end:] 'Index to the Airs. And Index to the Poetry in the First Volume'

Short Title  > A select collection of original Scottish airs, vol. 1
Cmp/Arr  > Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831) (arr.)   |   Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818) (arr.)   |   Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Burns, Robert (1759-1796)   |   Thomson, George (1757-1851) (ed.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > George Thomson   |   J(ohn) Preston
Former Owner  > A Gemmell   |   Geo. Thomson

Lei LHM 01-4/2  RBW 17

A | Select Collection of | Original Scottish Airs | for the Voice, | With Introductory & Concluding Symphonies | & Accompaniments for the | Piano Forte, Violin & Violoncello | By | Pleyel Kozeluch & Haydn | With | Select and Characteristic Verses both Scottish and English | adapted to the Airs including upwards of | One Hundred New Songs by | Burns [Vol. 2 - ed. George Thomson]
   London - Printed & Sold by J. Preston, 97 Strand  ::  Sold also by G. Thomson, the Editor & Proprietor, Edinburgh

pp.51-100 + front & end matter  Plate no. First pub. 1793-7 (BUC). This is a later ed. of th  

Also: [front;] Advertisement (1 p.)  [end:] 'Index to the Airs and Index to the Poetry in the Second Volume'. Picture on facing page of 'John Anderson my Jo'

Short Title  > A select collection of original Scottish airs, vol. 2
Cmp/Arr  > Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831) (arr.)   |   Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818) (arr.)   |   Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Burns, Robert (1759-1796)   |   Thomson, George (1757-1851) (ed.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > George Thomson   |   J(ohn) Preston

Lei LHM 01-4/3  RBW 18

A | Select Collection of | Original Scottish Airs | for the Voice, | With Introductory & Concluding Symphonies | & Accompaniments for the | Piano Forte, Violin & Violoncello | By | Haydn | With | Select and Characteristic Verses both Scottish and English | adapted to the Airs including upwards of | One Hundred New Songs by | Burns [Vol. 3 - ed. George Thomson]
   London - Printed & Sold by J. Preston, 97 Strand  ::  Sold also by G. Thomson, the Editor & Proprietor, Edinburgh

pp.101-150 + front & end matter  

Also: [front;] Advertisement (1 p.)  [end:] 'Index to the Airs of the Third Volume, and Index to the Poetry in the/Third Volume.' Picture on facing page 'The Soldier's Return'

Short Title  > A select collection of original Scottish airs, vol. 3
Cmp/Arr  > Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Burns, Robert (1759-1796)   |   Thomson, George (1757-1851) (ed.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > George Thomson   |   J(ohn) Preston

Lei LHM 01-4/4  RBW 19

A | Select Collection of | Original Scottish Airs | for the Voice, | With Introductory & Concluding Symphonies | & Accompaniments for the | Piano Forte, Violin & Violoncello | By | Haydn | With | Select and Characteristic Verses both Scottish and English | adapted to the Airs including upwards of | One Hundred New Songs by | Burns. [Vol. 4 - ed. George Thomson]
   London - Printed & Sold by J. Preston, 97 Strand  ::  Sold also by G. Thomson, the Editor & Proprietor, Edinburgh

pp.151-200 + front & end matter  

Also: [front;] Advertisement (1 p.)  [end:] 'Glossary of the Scottish Words which occur in G. Thomson's Collection of the Songs' (5 pp.)  'Index to the Airs in the Fourth Volume.'  'Index to the Poetry in the Fourth Volume'. Picture of Robert Burns on facing page

Short Title  > A select collection of original Scottish airs, vol. 4
Cmp/Arr  > Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) (arr.)
Auth/Ed  > Burns, Robert (1759-1796)   |   Thomson, George (1757-1851) (ed.)
Pr/Pub/Bks  > George Thomson   |   J(ohn) Preston