Music at Fyvie Castle

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



Former Owners  –  Fyvie Castle
(Forbes Leith Collection)

Monday 6th October 2025

Alison, N

Angiol di pace all'anima : terzettino / Vincenzo Bellini   Fyv FLC-16/22

Alison, Professor

Oh, how lovely are thy dwellings (Consecration anthem) no. 1 / Henry John Gauntlett   Fyv FLC-16/27

Allison, Mrs – of Heriot Row, Edinburgh

Ah, ritorna : arietta / Signor Emiliani (violinist)   Fyv FLC-17/37

Da quel di, che lei perduta : aria / Gaetano Donizetti   Fyv FLC-17/30

La straniera : opera seria [score] / Vincenzo Bellini   Fyv FLC-08/1

Bishop, Henry Rowley (1786-1855) – English composer 

He is all the world to me : song / Henry Bishop   Fyv Dr 03/27

Loch na Garr : air with piano or harp / Henry Bishop   Fyv Dr 03/40

The overture and music to The Barber of Seville : adapted to the English stage / Henry Bishop   Fyv FLC-07/8

Emiliani, Signor (fl.1833-52 ) – Italian violinist

Ah, ritorna : arietta / Signor Emiliani (violinist)   Fyv FLC-17/37

Falconer, Misses

The hymns, anthems and tunes with the Ode used at Magdalene Chapel / Various Composers   Fyv FLC-25/1

Farquhar, Walter

The overture and music to The Barber of Seville : adapted to the English stage / Henry Bishop   Fyv FLC-07/8

Gauntlett, Dr Henry John (1805-1876) – English composer

Oh, how lovely are thy dwellings (Consecration anthem) no. 1 / Henry John Gauntlett   Fyv FLC-16/27

Gregory Library

FLC-01 (whole vol.)

FLC-02 (whole vol.)

FLC-03 A-B (whole vol.)

FLC-08 (whole vol.)

FLC-09 (whole vol.)

FLC-11 (whole vol.)

FLC-13 (whole vol.)

FLC-20 (whole vol.)

FLC-21 (whole vol.)

FLC-22 (whole vol.)

FLC-23 (whole vol.)

FLC-25 (whole vol.)

Gregory, Donald (fl.1821-27)

FLC-03 A-B (whole vol.)

FLC-13 (whole vol.)

The bonny House o' Airly (Jacobite ballad) : with piano accomp. / Alexander Robertson   Fyv FLC-26/16

Donald & Prince Charlie (Jacobite song) / Charles J Finlayson   Fyv FLC-26/12

Here's to the year that's awa : Scottish song / Trad.   Fyv FLC-26/13

The lament of Flora MacDonald (Jacobite air) : for piano or harp / Trad.   Fyv FLC-26/15

The Tyrolese melodies : for 1 or 4 voices with piano / Ignaz Moscheles   Fyv FLC-13/1

Will ye gang to the Highlands wi me, Lizzy Lindsay? : song with piano / Alexander Robertson   Fyv FLC-26/7

Gregory, Georgina

[?] (from Chefs d'oeuvre de Mozart) / W A Mozart   Fyv FLC-26/4

Ancient chaunts & responses : wth organ or piano accomp. / John F Burrowes   Fyv FLC-26/1

The flowers of the forest : voice & piano / Finlay Dun   Fyv FLC-17/13

Oh! The merry days : ballad / C M Sola   Fyv FLC-26/28

One hundred melodies for the concertina / George Case   Fyv FLC-22/1

What holy calm : duet / Ludwig van Beethoven   Fyv FLC-26/29

Gregory, James Crawford (1801-1832) – ch. James Gregory (1753-1821)

A selection of popular national airs, no. 1 / John Stevenson   Fyv FLC-14/1

A selection of popular national airs, no. 2 / Henry Bishop   Fyv FLC-15/1

Gregory, Margaret Crawford (1809-1849) – ch. James Gregory (1753-1821)

FLC-06 (whole vol.)

Gregory, Miss

FLC-07 (whole vol.)

[?] (from Select Scottish psalm tunes) : for conc. / John St Clair   Fyv FLC-26/20

Ave Sanctissima (Evening song to the Virgin) : duet / Harriet Browne   Fyv FLC-16/1

The captive knight : ballad / Harriet Browne   Fyv FLC-17/8

Che farò senza Euridice? : aria (newly arranged) / Thomas Greatorex   Fyv FLC-17/23

Dolce dell'anima : duet / Ferdinando Paer   Fyv FLC-16/4

I love but thee! : ballad / Thomas Moore   Fyv FLC-17/4

No, non credo : duetto / Domenico Cimarosa   Fyv FLC-16/7

Roland the Brave, a legend : song / Mrs Robert Arkwright   Fyv FLC-17/9

The sleeper : ballad / Harriet Browne   Fyv FLC-17/7

The soldier's last sigh : ballad / G A Hodson   Fyv FLC-17/10

The treasures of the deep : ballad / Harriet Browne   Fyv FLC-17/6

Tyrolese evening hymn / Harriet Browne   Fyv FLC-17/5

Gregory, William (1803-1858) – ch. James Gregory (1753-1821)

The banks of Allan Water : ballad / Charles Edward Horn   Fyv FLC-26/10

L'Infidélité au bal : scène de salon / Wilhelm Neuland   Fyv FLC-17/21

La straniera : opera seria [score] / Vincenzo Bellini   Fyv FLC-08/1

Hemans, Mrs Felicia Dorothea (1793-1835) – English poet

Ave Sanctissima (Evening song to the Virgin) : duet / Harriet Browne   Fyv FLC-16/1

The sleeper : ballad / Harriet Browne   Fyv FLC-17/7

Tyrolese evening hymn / Harriet Browne   Fyv FLC-17/5

Jenkins, T

Every day will I give thanks [and] Lord, remember David : solo anthem / George Frideric Handel   Fyv FLC-26/18

McKenzie

Here shall soft Charity repair : voc. duet / William Boyce   Fyv FLC-26/9

Mulliner, Mr

Here shall soft Charity repair : voc. duet / William Boyce   Fyv FLC-26/9

Percy

Le devin du village : [score] / Jean-Jacques Rousseau   Fyv FLC-09/1

Steggart, Dr (fl.1856)

Responses to the Commandments as sung at the Temple Church / Unidentified Composers    Fyv FLC-26/6

Verri, Aristide – 19th-c. Italian composer

L'amore è la bottiglia baccata / Aristide Verri   Fyv FLC-17/42

Cedi, ah! cedi : aria / Aristide Verri   Fyv FLC-17/43

Extase (French melody) / Aristide Verri   Fyv FLC-17/20

Lai d'amore : arietta / Aristide Verri   Fyv FLC-17/38

La mammola : romanzetta / Aristide Verri   Fyv FLC-17/39

Quanto costa il tuo delitto : coro sacro / Aristide Verri   Fyv FLC-16/29

Qui tollis peccata mundi : [prayer] / Aristide Verri   Fyv FLC-16/30

Ricordati di me : for voice & piano / Aristide Verri   Fyv FLC-17/40

Son geloso del zefiro errante : nocturne / Aristide Verri   Fyv FLC-16/12

Vanne, pietosa Vergine : romanza / Aristide Verri   Fyv FLC-17/41

22 former owners mentioned in 59 separate works at Fyvie Castle (Forbes Leith Collection)