Music at Castle Fraser

Music in Scottish Castles and Country Houses
Catalogued and surveyed by Dr Roger B. Williams MBE
Hon. Music Advisor to NTS



Former Owners  –  Castle Fraser

Monday 6th October 2025

--, Grace Eustace

D'ye ken John Peel? : hunting song / William Layland    Fra L39/4

Barbieri, Charles (fl.1800-1826) – Anglo-Italian composer

Six progressive sonatas and six preludes for the harp or pianoforte Op. 14 / Charles Barbieri   Fra C09/1

Bentinck, C

Concerti grossi Op. 3 : for 2 violins &c / Francesco Geminiani   Fra B26 A-F/2

Bristow, Mary – companion to Elyza Fraser q.v.

B01 (whole vol.)

B02 (whole vol.)

B03 (whole vol.)

B04 (whole vol.)

B05 (whole vol.)

B06 (whole vol.)

B07 (whole vol.)

B08 (whole vol.)

B09 (whole vol.)

B10 (whole vol.)

B11 (whole vol.)

B12 (whole vol.)

B13 (whole vol.)

B14 (whole vol.)

B15 (whole vol.)

B16 A-H (whole vol.)

B17 A-C (whole vol.)

B18 A-D (whole vol.)

B19 (whole vol.)

B20 (whole vol.)

B21 (whole vol.)

B22 (whole vol.)

B23 A-C (whole vol.)

B24 A-G (whole vol.)

B25 A-F (whole vol.)

B26 A-F (whole vol.)

B27 (whole vol.)

B28 A-C (whole vol.)

B29 A-D (whole vol.)

B30 (whole vol.)

The celebrated dances performed at the King's Theatre in 1781, Bk 1 / Giovan Battista Noferi   Fra B09/1

The celebrated opera dances performed at the King's Theatre in 1783. Bk 1 : for harpsichord, violin or flute / Luigi Borghi   Fra B09/2

Six concertos for the harpsichord or pianoforte. Set 3 Op. 13 : [kbd] / J C Bach   Fra B01/1

Six sonatas for the harpsichord or pianoforte Op. 10 / J C Bach   Fra B14/1

Trois sonates pour le clavecin ou le pianoforte Op. 8 / Leopold Kozeluch   Fra B08/1

Twelve songs Op. 4 / William Jackson   Fra B03/4

Two sonatas for the harpsichord or pianoforte Op. 6 / G S Loehlin   Fra B02/1

C--, J-- E-- – J E Calcott?

Phillis : glee for ? voices / J W Callcott   Fra K01/15

Carnaby, William (1772-1839) – English composer 

The Negro girl : song / William Carnaby   Fra C17/10

Six songs / William Carnaby   Fra C17/3

Cartoni, Signor (fl.1822) – Italian bass

Il carneval : glee for 4 voices / Signor Cartoni   Fra G10/1

Clarke, William (c1775-1820) – Scottish composer

Three sonatas for the pianoforte Op. 1 : [kbd] / William Clarke   Fra C11/6

Davies, Rowland (1740-1797) – ? English composer and pupil of Handel

XII sonate a due violini, e violoncello Op. 3 / Giuseppe Sammartini   Fra D01 A-C/1

Dean, J – London music publisher

Vivi tu, te ne scongiuro : aria arr for piano / John F Burrowes   Fra G15/8

Douglas, Annie

The Tyrolese evening hymn / Harriet Browne   Fra L40/22

Drummond, Lady Blanche (1848-1874) – ch. George Drummond, 14th Earl of Perth m. Frederick Mackenzie Fraser q.v.

L38 (whole vol.)

Air et variations de Rode ('fantaisie gracieuse') Op. 118 no. 2 : piano solo / Ferdinand Beyer   Fra L38/8

(Weber's) Barcarolle d'Obéron [Op. 4] : for piano / René Favarger   Fra L38/11

Les cloches du monastère Op. 54 : nocturne / Alfred Lefébure-Wély   Fra L38/7

Credo de Dumont Op. 50 : piano variations / Paul Bernard   Fra L38/17

Verdi's Ernani : fantaisie pour le piano Op. 42 / Ferdinand Beyer   Fra L38/10

Grande valse sur Le Pardon de Ploërmel de Meyerbeer : for piano / François Burgmüller   Fra L38/9

Les hirondelles, caprice-étude Op. 15 2nd ed. : for piano / Joseph Ascher   Fra L38/12

(Daniel Auber's) La Muette de Portici (Op. 42) : for piano / Ferdinand Beyer   Fra L38/6

Nocturne sur la Romance de 'L'éclair' d'Halévy Op. 71 : for piano / Joseph Ascher   Fra L38/14

Potpourri sur des motifs d'opéras favoris, no. 12 : for piano / Henri Cramer   Fra L38/15

Le rêve de Graziella Op. 113 : for piano / Alfred Lefébure-Wély   Fra L38/16

Elouis, Jean Claude Louis (1758-1833) – French composer 

Lo conosco a quegli occhietti : duet with piano or harp / Jean Elouis   Fra C18/10

Sconsigliata, che fo! [and] Qual pallor? Qual tema? : recit. & air / Jean Elouis   Fra C18/9

Farrenc, Louise (1804-1875) – French composer

30 études pour piano Op. 26 : 'dans tous les tons majeurs & mineurs' / Louise Farrenc   Fra L38/18

Ferrari, Signor (d. c1870) – Italian singer and head of a family of musicians including soprano Sophie Ferrari and her sister

Il poveretto : romance / Giuseppe Verdi   Fra G11/3

Fischer, Johann Christian (1733-1800) – German composer 

Dulce domum : harpsichord or piano variations / J B Cramer   Fra C14/5

Forbes, George (fl.1818-19) – m. Mary Hay [1792-] q.v.

L24 (whole vol.)

L25 (whole vol.)

Forbes, Hon. Mrs – ? mother of Mary Elizabeth Forbes q.v.

Six sonatas for the harpsichord or pianoforte Op. 17 / J C Bach   Fra B30/2

Forbes, Mary Elizabeth (1760-1803) – see also Mary Elizabeth Hay née Forbes

Men of Prometheus 'Op. 24' : for piano / Ludwig van Beethoven   Fra Dr 33/9

Overture (alla scozzese) to Guy Mannering, or the Gipsey's Prophecy : for piano / Henry Bishop   Fra Dr 46/17

Six sonatas for the harpsichord or pianoforte Op. 3 [kbd] : [keybd] / Antonio Sacchini    Fra C07/1

Three sonatas [ie trios] for the pianoforte or harpsichord Op. 17. Bk 1 : [bc] / J F X Sterkel   Fra B21/1

Fraser, Augusta Charlotte (1833-1911) – m. Robert Drummond, banker; 13th ch. Charles and Jane Fraser qq,v.

L16 (whole vol.)

Amo te solo, te solo amai : canzoncina / Felice Blangini   Fra G11/34

Cielo, a miei lunghi spasimi : [soprano aria] / Gaetano Donizetti   Fra G11/33

Deh! per questo istante solo : aria / W A Mozart   Fra G11/31

The meeting of the waters : song / John Stevenson   Fra G12/17

Quando miro quel bel ciglio (Though I watch the light that dances) : [canzonetta] / W A Mozart   Fra G11/32

River! River! : song / Mrs Murray Gartshore   Fra L04/20

La sera d'estate : serenata / Gabriele Nigri   Fra G11/30

Fraser, Blanche (fl.1873) – ? a cousin of Charles and Jane Fraser qq.v.

L18 (whole vol.)

Fraser, Catherine (1820-1856) – 3rd ch. Charles and Jane Fraser qq.v.

L17 (whole vol.)

The Scotish minstrel .. vol. 3 : selected from the vocal melodies of Scotland / R A Smith   Fra L17/1

Fraser, Col. Charles Mackenzie (1792-1871) – great-nephew of Elyza Fraser; m. Jane Hay (1799-1861) qq.v.

F01 (whole vol.)

F02 (whole vol.)

F03 (whole vol.)

F04 (whole vol.)

F05 A-C (whole vol.)

F06 (whole vol.)

F07 (whole vol.)

F08 A-B (whole vol.)

F09 A (whole vol.)

F09 B (whole vol.)

F10 (whole vol.)

The better land / Zeta (pseud.)   Fra G12/9

Six quartettos for two violins, a tenor and violoncello obligato Op. 4 / Antonín Kammel   Fra B29 A-D/5

Fraser, Eleanor Jane (1824-1858) – 6th ch. Charles and Jane Fraser qq.v.

L21 (whole vol.)

O thou breeze of Spring! : song / John Lodge Ellerton   Fra L05/11

Fraser, Elyza (1734-1814) – great-aunt of Charles Mackenzie Fraser q.v.

B01 (whole vol.)

B02 (whole vol.)

B03 (whole vol.)

B04 (whole vol.)

B05 (whole vol.)

B06 (whole vol.)

B07 (whole vol.)

B08 (whole vol.)

B09 (whole vol.)

B10 (whole vol.)

B11 (whole vol.)

B12 (whole vol.)

B13 (whole vol.)

B14 (whole vol.)

B15 (whole vol.)

B16 A-H (whole vol.)

B17 A-C (whole vol.)

B18 A-D (whole vol.)

B19 (whole vol.)

B20 (whole vol.)

B21 (whole vol.)

B22 (whole vol.)

B23 A-C (whole vol.)

B24 A-G (whole vol.)

B25 A-F (whole vol.)

B26 A-F (whole vol.)

B27 (whole vol.)

B28 A-C (whole vol.)

B29 A-D (whole vol.)

B30 (whole vol.)

Fraser, Frederick Alexander Mackenzie – sib. Charles Mackenzie Fraser q.v.

D11 (whole vol.)

Verdi's Rigoletto : for piano / Giuseppe Verdi   Fra L07/1

Fraser, G Lovett Mackenzie

Drink, puppy, drink : hunting song / Anon.   Fra L39/16

Fraser, Grace Harriet (1830-1886) – 10th ch. Charles and Jane Fraser qq.v.

Album für die Jugend Op. 68 (1.Abt. 1-11) : piano solo / Robert Schumann   Fra L43/3

The captive knight : ballad / Harriet Browne   Fra G12/14

Cara, deh! Asciuga il pianto : arietta / Nicola Vaccai   Fra G11/8

De' miei giorni sulmattino : cavatina / Saverio Mercadante   Fra G11/4

I'd be a fairy : ballad / James Perring   Fra L04/27

Kathleen Mavourneen : song / F Nicholls Crouch   Fra L05/13

Non giova il sospirar : canzonetta venziana / Gaetano Donizetti   Fra G11/9

Il poveretto : romance / Giuseppe Verdi   Fra G11/3

The song of the zephyr / A J Rexford   Fra L04/28

Fraser, Helen Mackenzie – sib. Charles Mackenzie Fraser q.v.

E01 (whole vol.)

E02 (whole vol.)

E03 (whole vol.)

E04 (whole vol.)

E05 (whole vol.)

E06 (whole vol.)

Deh! vieni non tardar : recit. & cavatina / W A Mozart   Fra E03/26

Fraser, Jane nee Hay (1799-1861) – m. Charles Mackenzie Fraser q.v.

E03 (whole vol.)

G01 (whole vol.)

G02-3 (whole vol.)

G04 (whole vol.)

G05 (whole vol.)

G06 (whole vol.)

G07 (whole vol.)

G08 A-C (whole vol.)

G09 (whole vol.)

G10 (whole vol.)

G11 (whole vol.)

G12 (whole vol.)

G13 (whole vol.)

G14 (whole vol.)

G15 (whole vol.)

Angel of life : song / J W Callcott   Fra G10/29

Blow, gentle gales : glee for 3 voices / Henry Bishop   Fra G13/1

Blow, gentle gales : glee for 3 voices / Henry Bishop   Fra G12/13

The captive knight : ballad / Harriet Browne   Fra G13/2

Ce vieux chêne dont le feuillage : romance / François-Adrien Boieldieu   Fra G10/27

Chi d'amor squarciò la banda : aria / Valentino Fioravanti   Fra G05/14

Eight canzonets / Farinelli   Fra G05/28

Eight canzonets by Sigr Millico / Joseph Mazzinghi   Fra G05/19

Fiero incontro [and] Lasciami non t'ascolto : recit. & duet / Gioachino Rossini   Fra G05/16

La jeune et sensible Isabelle : romance / Sophie Gail   Fra G10/26

Oh patria! Dolce, e ingrata patria! [and] Tu che accendi questo core : recit. & aria / Gioachino Rossini   Fra G05/15

Paga fui, fui lieta un di : cavatina / Peter Winter   Fra G05/12

Parto, ti lascio, addio : recit. & duet / Johann Simon Mayr   Fra G05/3

Return blest days : glee for 4 voices / J S Smith   Fra G10/30

Rossini's overture to Il Barbiere di Seviglia : piano duet / David Bruguier   Fra G14/7

Should he upbraid : song / Henry Bishop   Fra G13/3

Should he upbraid : song / Henry Bishop   Fra G12/18

Six Italian ariettes : with piano / Johann Simon Mayr   Fra G05/1

Tho' you leave me now in sorrow : duet / John Davy   Fra G12/19

Tho' you leave me now in sorrow : duet / John Davy   Fra G13/4

Vieni, o sonno : terzet / Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari   Fra G05/5

Fraser, Lt-Col. Frederick Mackenzie ('Freddy', 1831-1897) – m. Blanche Drummond q.v.; 11th ch. Charles and Jane Fraser qq.v.

L01 (whole vol.)

L02 (whole vol.)

L03 (whole vol.)

L04 (whole vol.)

L05 (whole vol.)

L06 (whole vol.)

L07 (whole vol.)

L08 (whole vol.)

L09 (whole vol.)

L10 (whole vol.)

L11 (whole vol.)

L12 (whole vol.)

L13 (whole vol.)

L14 (whole vol.)

L15 (whole vol.)

The bloom is on the rye : [song] / Henry Bishop   Fra L40/20

The captive knight : ballad / Harriet Browne   Fra G12/14

O who will o'er the downs so free? : Hickenstirn's song (in chorus) / Robert Lucas de Pearsall   Fra L40/7

Take back the heart : song / Claribel   Fra L40/14

Fraser, Marianne Mackenzie (fl.1816-49) – organist at Hayes Parish Church; sib. Charles Mackenzie Fraser q.v.

D01 A-C (whole vol.)

D02 A-B (whole vol.)

D03 (whole vol.)

D04 (whole vol.)

D05 (whole vol.)

D06 (whole vol.)

D07 A-B (whole vol.)

D07 C (whole vol.)

D08 (whole vol.)

D09 (whole vol.)

D10 (whole vol.)

D11 (whole vol.)

D12 (whole vol.)

D13 (whole vol.)

D14 (whole vol.)

Desolate is the dwelling of Morna : [glee for 3 vv.] / J W Callcott   Fra D05/9

Forty select anthems in score : for 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7 and 8 voices / Maurice Greene   Fra D02 A-B/1

The hermit : sacred song / Zeta (pseud.)   Fra L40/10

Fraser, Mary Elizabeth ('Lizzie', 1823-47) – 5th ch. Charles and Jane Fraser qq.v.

L19 (whole vol.)

L20 (whole vol.)

Mine, ever mine! : song / Zeta (pseud.)   Fra G12/7

Hawes, C

The days that are no more : song / Jacques Blumenthal   Fra L08/3

Hay, Catherine

Lady Mary Ramsay's strathspey (by Nathaniel Gow) : rondo for piano / Thomas Butler   Fra C14/6

Phillis the Fair : song / William Knyvett   Fra C17/7

Piano concerto no. 20 in d minor K.466 : [kbd] / W A Mozart   Fra C14/3

Questo è dunque il loco usato : cavatina / Giovanni Paisiello   Fra C01/11

Six original canzonettas for the voice. 1st set : with piano / Joseph Haydn   Fra C17/1

Hay, Grace (fl. 1831) – Jane Fraser's older sister

The captive knight : ballad / Harriet Browne   Fra G13/2

Hay, Mary (fl.1766)

Ten sonatas for the harpsichord, organ or pianoforte / John Burton   Fra B30/1

Hay, Mary Elizabeth nee Forbes (1760-1803) – m. Sir John Hay of Haystoun (1755-1830)

C01 (whole vol.)

C02 (whole vol.)

C03 (whole vol.)

C04 (whole vol.)

C05 (whole vol.)

C06 (whole vol.)

C07 (whole vol.)

C08 (whole vol.)

C09 (whole vol.)

C10 (whole vol.)

C11 (whole vol.)

C12 (whole vol.)

C13 (whole vol.)

C14 (whole vol.)

C15 (whole vol.)

C16 (whole vol.)

Concerto in G [flute parts] / Johann Georg Christoph Schetky   Fra C05/1

Six concertos for the harpsichord or pianoforte. Set 3 Op. 13 : [kbd] / J C Bach   Fra C02/1

Six progressive sonatas and six preludes for the harp or pianoforte Op. 14 / Charles Barbieri   Fra C09/1

Hay, Mary, of Haystoun (1792-1877) – m. George Forbes q.v. | ch. John Hay of Haystoun and Mary Elizabeth Hay née Forbes qq.v.

L22 (whole vol.)

D'ye ken John Peel? : hunting song / William Layland    Fra L39/4

The forsaken : ballad / Virginia Gabriel   Fra L39/9

Parissot's celebrated hornpipe in Barbara and Allen / Cesare Bossi   Fra C11/1

A Third collection of strathspey reels &c. : piano trio [pf] / Malcolm McDonald   Fra C12/4

Hay, Miss

C14 (whole vol.)

C17 (whole vol.)

C18 (whole vol.)

C19 (whole vol.)

C20 (whole vol.)

C21 (whole vol.)

Blow, gentle gales : glee for 3 voices / Henry Bishop   Fra G12/13

When forc'd from her I love, to part : ballad / Anon.   Fra C01/15

Hayes, A

The Triune national march / Sarah Ann Hayes   Fra L39/35

Hill, Annie

The secret : song / Annie J F Harrison   Fra L40/21

Horn, Charles Frederick (1762-1830) – English composer

Trafalgar, an heroic song / Charles Frederick Horn   Fra C17/5

Jones, Josephine

The meeting of the waters : song / John Stevenson   Fra G12/17

Knight, Mary E

L26-7 (whole vol.)

Six sonatas for the harpsichord or pianoforte Op. 17 / J C Bach   Fra B30/2

Lihu, Annette de (fl.1825) – French singer and composer

La jeune et sensible Isabelle : romance / Sophie Gail   Fra G10/26

Mack-Fraser, Miss – Mackenzie-Fraser?

Torna di Tito a lato : aria / Giambattista Cimador   Fra E03/22

Mackenzie, Eliza

XII sonatas modernas para clavicordio / Domenico Scarlatti   Fra B15/1

Six sonates or lessons for the harpsicord Op. 3 : [keybd w. vn] / Jean-Joseph de Mondonville   Fra B15/2

MacKenzie, M

XII sonatas modernas para clavicordio / Domenico Scarlatti   Fra B15/1

Six sonates or lessons for the harpsicord Op. 3 : [keybd w. vn] / Jean-Joseph de Mondonville   Fra B15/2

Meves, Augustus (1785-1859) – English composer/arranger

(Rossini's ) Ecce ridente il cielo : for piano / Augustus Meves   Fra G15/2

Pergetti, Paolo (fl.1844-53) – Italian composer

Ah non mi è dato esprimerti : notturno / Paolo Pergetti   Fra G11/38

Pilkington, Louisa Elizabeth (1824-1893) – of Hayes, Kent, grand-daughter of Sir Vicary Gibbs (1751-1820)

L19 (whole vol.)

Pinsuti Ciro (1829-1888) – Italian composer

The arrow and the song : song / Ciro Pinsuti   Fra L39/5

Rexford, A J – 19th-c. English composer

The song of the zephyr / A J Rexford   Fra L04/28

Salomon, Johann Peter (1745-1815) – German violinist, composer, conductor and musical impresario

Haydn's Overture no. 2 in D : for piano with violin & cello ad lib. / Joseph Haydn   Fra E05/5

Shield, William (1748-1829) – English composer

Sally Roy : Scottish ballad / William Shield   Fra C17/9

Smith, Robert

Forty select anthems in score : for 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7 and 8 voices / Maurice Greene   Fra D02 A-B/1

Sommers, Anne

The low-backed car! : song / Samuel Lover   Fra L40/3

Stabilini, Girolamo (c1762-1815) – Italian composer

Keyboard concerto no. 2 / Girolamo Stabilini   Fra B03/1

Stevens, Richard John Samuel (1757-1837) – English composer

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together : glee for 4 vv. / Richard John Samuel Stevens   Fra K01/2

Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour (1842-1900) – English composer

Old love letters : song / Arthur Sullivan   Fra L39/11

Thomson, George – Edinburgh bookseller

LHM 01-4 (whole vol.)

A select collection of original Scottish airs, 3rd set / Leopold Kozeluch   Fra Dr 11/1

A select collection of original Scottish airs, vol. 1 / Ignaz Pleyel   Fra LHM 01-4/1

Three grand sonatas [ie trios] for the pianoforte or harpsichord, 1st set : [kbd] / Leopold Kozeluch   Fra C09/4

Three grand sonatas [ie trios] for the pianoforte or harpsichord, 2nd set : [kbd] / Leopold Kozeluch   Fra C09/5

Tomlinson

Czerny's pianoforte instruction book (new ed.) / Carl Czerny   Fra L42/1

Tomlinson, Eleanor F (fl.1866-71) – ch. Eleanor Jane Mackenzie Fraser and Rt. Revd. George Tomlinson q.v.

L43 (whole vol.)

Album für die Jugend Op. 68 (1.Abt. 1-11) : piano solo / Robert Schumann   Fra L43/3

(Beethoven's valse) Le désir : as piano duet / Henri Roubier   Fra L43/5

Pianofore studies Bk 2, Op. 47 / Stephen Heller   Fra L43/2

The pupil's daily exercises for the piano forte / J B Cramer   Fra L43/4

Tomlinson, May E (fl.1871-78) – ch. Eleanor Jane Mackenzie Fraser and Rt. Revd. George Tomlinson q.v.

L41 (whole vol.)

Echoes from the Highlands : fantasy for piano / W S Rockstro   Fra L41/9

Fantasie sur 'Beatrice di Tenda' Op.36 no. 8 : for piano / Vincenzo Bellini   Fra L41/4

Fantasie sur Lucrezia Borgia (de Donizetti) Op.36 no. 10 : for piano / Ferdinand Beyer   Fra L41/6

Operatic fantasia no. 2: Rossini's Cenerentola : for piano / Joseph Rummel   Fra L41/10

Piano sonata no. 20 Op. 49 no. 2 / Ludwig van Beethoven   Fra L41/8

Pianofore studies Bk 2, Op. 47 / Stephen Heller   Fra L41/11

Sehnsuchtswalzer, Le Désir [based on Schubert's Trauerwalzer no. 2] : for piano / Ludwig van Beethoven   Fra L41/3

Sonatina in C major Op 36 no 3. : for piano / Muzio Clementi   Fra L41/1

Sonatina in D major Op 36 no 6. : for piano / Muzio Clementi   Fra L41/2

Those evening bells : piano duet / W H Callcott   Fra L41/7

Tomlinson, Rt. Revd. George C J (1794-1863) – Anglican Bishop of Gibraltar from 1842 to 1863

L42 (whole vol.)

The master and scholar : piano duet / Carl Czerny   Fra L42/2

Viotti, Giovanni Battista (1755-1824) – Italian composer

(Viotti's) Concerto in G : for piano with violin &c / J L Dussek   Fra C15/3

Zeta – pseudonymous 19th-c. English composer

Child of the sunbeam : duet / Zeta (pseud.)   Fra G12/4

Come to me, gentle Sleep : song / Zeta (pseud.)   Fra G12/6

The fearless and the free : song / Zeta (pseud.)   Fra G12/3

Mine, ever mine! : song / Zeta (pseud.)   Fra G12/7

68 former owners mentioned in 155 separate works at Castle Fraser