Music at Newhailes House

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



Former Owners  –  Newhailes House

Monday 6th October 2025

Boyle, Helen (1808-1869) – m. Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Bart of Kilkerran (1800-1849)

Il canto : arietta (for tenor & piano) / Giovanni Battista Perucchini   New NH 63/12

Capriccio on 'Bid me discourse' : for piano / Friedrich Kalkbrenner   New NH 62/8

Fantasia from Rossini's 'La Gazza Ladra' : for piano / John F Burrowes   New NH 63/7

The favourite airs in Weber's 'Der Freyschütz' : for piano with flute / T Latour   New NH 62/15

The favourite new tunes, as danced .. in 1819 : for piano? / Nathaniel Gow   New NH 62/24

A fifth dramatic divertimento from favourite airs by Rossini : for piano / David Bruguier   New NH 62/20

A first dramatic divertimento from favourite airs by Rossini : for piano / David Bruguier   New NH 62/18

Mélange from Meyerbeer's 'Il Crociato in Egitto' : for piano / Camille Pleyel   New NH 63/4

Les menus plaisirs : divertimento for piano / J B Cramer   New NH 61/3

Il mio ben quando verra : cavatina (for mezzo & piano) / Giovanni Paisiello   New NH 63/19

O pescator dell onda (Venetian air) : piano variations / Carl Czerny   New NH 62/2

Ogni zeffiro che spira : canzoncina / Nicola Vaccai   New NH 63/14

'Passagier che si confonde' : piano variations / Carl Czerny   New NH 62/17

Rondo from Faniska : for piano / Luigi Cherubini   New NH 63/6

Se il fato barbaro : cavatina (for contralto & piano) / Giacomo Meyerbeer   New NH 63/13

A second dramatic divertimento from favourite airs by Rossini : for piano / David Bruguier   New NH 62/19

Select airs from Rossini's 'Il Turco in Italia' : for piano? / T Latour   New NH 63/3

A sixth dramatic divertimento from favourite airs by Rossini : for piano / David Bruguier   New NH 62/21

Sonata no. 1 for pianoforte Op. 37 / Daniel Steibelt   New NH 61/11

The sun is o'er the mountain : song / Henry Bishop   New NH 63/21

T'abbraccio, ti stringo, mio tenero figlio : cavatina (for high voice & piano) / Gioachino Rossini   New NH 63/15

We're a' noddin' [by William Hawes] : piano variations / Mrs Maria White, of Leeds    New NH 62/11

Campbell, Mary

O thou that tellest : recit. & air / William Horsley   New NH 42/8

Coventry, Caroline nee Dundas (1815-1862) – see also Caroline Dundas

The Austrian waltzes : for piano / John Thomas Weippert   New NH 64/22

Pfennig-Walzer Op. 70 (ed. C. Rudolphus) : for piano / Johann Strauss I   New NH 64/20

Les Roses (Rosa-Walzer) Op. 76 : for piano / Johann Strauss I   New NH 64/19

The Vienna waltzes : for piano / John Thomas Weippert   New NH 64/21

Cox, Mr

Hungarian dance : rondo / Augustus Meves   New NH 57/12

Cunninghame, Miss

Three sonatas for the pianoforte Op. 38 [or 37?] / Muzio Clementi   New NH 49/8

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The hymn of peace : voc. score / W H Callcott   New NH 77/54

Dalrymple, Alice Mary (1884-1959) – ch. Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916) and Alice Hunter Blair (1852-1889) q.v.

Together : song / Mrs Arthur Goodeve   New NH 77/63

Dalrymple, Alice Mary nee Blair (1852-1889) – m. Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916); or her dau. Alice Mary (1884-1959) q.v. ?

Interpretationen Walzer, Op 97 : piano solo / Eduard Strauss   New NH 77/33

Neu Wien (waltzes) : [piano solo] / Johann Strauss II   New NH 77/34

Dalrymple, Christian (1765-1839) – ch. David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes q.v. and Anne Broun (d.1768)

NH 33 (whole vol.)

NH 34 (whole vol.)

Dalrymple, Christian Elizabeth Louisa (1875-1932) – ch. Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916) and Alice Hunter Blair (1852-1889) q.v.

NH 39 (whole vol.)

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NH 43 (whole vol.)

NH 68 (whole vol.)

NH 69 (whole vol.)

NH 70 (whole vol.)

NH 71 (whole vol.)

Rejoice greatly : voc. score (low voice) / W H Callcott   New NH 77/69

XII sacred songs for the family circle / Anon.   New NH 06/1

Dalrymple, David Charles Herbert (1879-1932) – ch. Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916) and Alice Hunter Blair (1852-1889) q.v.

XII sacred songs for the family circle / Anon.   New NH 06/1

Dalrymple, Eleanora (c1822-1845)

The Musical Bijou for 1830 : an album of music, poetry and prose / Various Composers   New NH 26/1

Dalrymple, Jean (1777-1803) – ch. David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes (1726-1792); m. Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran (1765-1838)

A collection of reels &c : with a bass for cello or harpsichord / Alexander McGlashan   New NH 11/1

A selection of Scots songs harmonized [and] improved, Bk 1 / Pietro Urbani   New NH 35/1

A selection of Scots songs harmonized [and] improved, Bk 2 / Pietro Urbani   New NH 35/2

Dalrymple, Margaret nee Stewart (1880-1961) – m. Sir David Charles Herbert Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (1879-1932); see also Margaret Anna Stewart

Eton boating song / Algernon Drummond   New NH 77/91

Fairyland : song / Vere Smith   New NH 77/87

I'm afraid to come home in the dark : song / Egbert Van Alstyne   New NH 77/88

It's a long, long, way to Tipperary : song / Jack Judge    New NH 77/71

Dalrymple, Miss (of Newhailes)

NH 67 (whole vol.)

The Lancers quadrilles, 3rd ed. : piano solo / Felix Yaniewicz   New NH 67/20

Second set of Scotch quadrilles : piano or harp solo / Joseph Binns Hart   New NH 67/19

Dun, Mrs Finlay – m. Scottish composer (1795-1853) 

Fye, buckle your belt an' braid sword on : song, duet or trio / Finlay Dun   New NH 41/31

Duncan, Catharine (Hon.) – ? sister of Henrietta Fergusson née Duncan q.v.

Cantiques chrétiens nos. 25-36 : for 2 or 3 vv with organ, piano or harp / César Malan   New NH 77/77

Dundas, Caroline (1815-1862) – see also Caroline Coventry

NH 64 (whole vol.)

Heimath-Klänge Walzer Op.84 : for piano / Johann Strauss I   New NH 64/16

Philomelen Walzer Op. 82 : for piano / Johann Strauss I   New NH 64/15

The Prince Ferdinand of Portugal valses : for piano / Johann Strauss II   New NH 64/23

Three snuff box waltzes : for piano / A T McDonald   New NH 64/10

Trois valses : for piano / Jean-Jacques Graille   New NH 64/9

Dundas, Henrietta (c1749-1832) – ?? sister of Caroline Dundas q.v.

Le Riquiqui (quadrille) : for piano / L Dufrène   New NH 64/7

Fergus(s)on

NH 72 (whole vol.)

Alexandrine Waltzer : piano solo / Joseph Labitzky   New NH 66/23

Marien Waltzer : piano solo / Joseph Labitzky   New NH 66/22

La Polka no. 2 : piano solo / Ricardo Linter   New NH 66/24

Les Roses (valses) Op. 76 : piano solo / Johann Strauss II   New NH 66/21

Strains of other days, being a selection of favourite Irish airs, no 3 : for piano / Johann Bernhard Logier   New NH 57/5

Three sonatas [ie trios] Op. 75 : [kbd] / Joseph Haydn   New NH 57/4

Fergusson, Anne (fl.1839)

NH 54 (whole vol.)

NH 55 (whole vol.)

NH 56 (whole vol.)

The Musical Bijou for 1830 : an album of music, poetry and prose / Various Composers   New NH 26/1

Theoretical and practical study for the pianoforte, nos. 1-5,7 / Johann Bernhard Logier   New NH 58/5

Fergusson, Anne nee Fordyce (d.1782) – m. Charles Fergusson (1740-1804)

Cantiques chrétiens nos. 25-36 : for 2 or 3 vv with organ, piano or harp / César Malan   New NH 77/77

Fergusson, Catherine (b.1811) – ch. Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran (1765-1838) and Hon. Henrietta Duncan (1782-1850)

NH 10 (whole vol.)

Fantasia with variations on Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch Op. 37 : piano variations / Friedrich Kalkbrenner   New NH 59/10

The March of the Emperor Alexander : for harp & piano / N-C Bochsa   New NH 59/9

Piano concerto in B-flat major Op. 22 : [kbd] / J L Dussek   New NH 59/4

The Surprise (Haydn symphony no. 94) : piano with flute, etc ad lib. / Muzio Clementi   New NH 59/3

The Travellers in Switzerland : comic opera / William Shield   New NH 14/1

Fergusson, Elison Williams

Der Frohsinn, mein Ziel (admired set of waltzes) : for piano / Johann Strauss I   New NH 77/31

Fergusson, Elizabeth (b.1830) – ch. Charles Dalrymple Fergusson (1800-1849)

NH 56 (whole vol.)

Fantasia on favourite themes in Donizetti's La Figlia del Reggimento : for piano / William Henry Holmes   New NH 77/19

The hymn of peace : voc. score / W H Callcott   New NH 77/54

Or che in Cielo : barcarole / Gaetano Donizetti   New NH 77/58

Rejoice greatly : voc. score (low voice) / W H Callcott   New NH 77/69

Fergusson, Helen (fl.1825)

A collection of reels &c : with a bass for cello or harpsichord / Alexander McGlashan   New NH 11/1

Fergusson, Henrietta Duncan Dalrymple (d.1937) – ch. Charles Dalrymple Fergusson (1800-1849)

Les Huguenots (opera) : voc. score / Giacomo Meyerbeer   New NH 23/1

Together : song / Mrs Arthur Goodeve   New NH 77/63

Fergusson, Henrietta nee Duncan (1782-1850) – m. Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran (1765-1838)

NH 57 (whole vol.)

The Chiroplast companion. Sequel / Johann Bernhard Logier   New NH 58/2

A collection of quadrilles and waltzes : for piano, violin &c / John Hall   New NH 77/15

A select collection of original Scottish airs, vol. 1-2 / Ignaz Pleyel   New NH 36/1

A select collection of original Scottish airs, vol. 3-4 / Joseph Haydn   New NH 37/1

Fergusson, James – sib. Henrietta D. Fergusson q.v.

Les Huguenots (opera) : voc. score / Giacomo Meyerbeer   New NH 23/1

Fergusson, Jane (1809-a1910) – ch. Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran (1765-1838) and Hon. Henrietta Duncan (1782-1850)

Rule Britannia : piano variations / Thomas Arne   New NH 59/2

A second companion to the Chiroplast or hand director / Johann Bernhard Logier   New NH 58/4

Fergusson, Lady – Catherine or Jane?

NH 57 (whole vol.)

NH 58 (whole vol.)

NH 59 (whole vol.)

Fergusson, Mary (fl.1828)

Rondo polacca Op. 70 : for piano / Charles Chaulieu   New NH 77/9

Fergusson, Mary Dalrymple

Mozart's Fantasia and Sonata in c minor Op. 11 no. 1 : piano solo [lacks Sonata] / Julius Benedict   New NH 77/27

Fergusson, Mary Jemima Dundas Adamina ('Mida', 1823-1902) – ch. Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran (1765-1838) and Hon. Henrietta Duncan (1782-1850) q.v.

NH 60 (whole vol.)

Fergusson, Miss

NH 32 (whole vol.)

Benedetta : fantasie pour le piano / J F Burgmüller   New NH 77/7

Capriccio à la scozzese : piano solo / William Henry Holmes   New NH 77/18

Edinburgh quadrille upon Scotch airs : piano duet / Charles D'Albert   New NH 66/1

Ricordanza : fantasia on airs in Auber's Macon Op. 76 : for piano / Friedrich Kalkbrenner   New NH 77/22

Forbes, Catherine Humphreys

Hungarian dance : rondo / Augustus Meves   New NH 57/12

Six serious glees or hymns for three voices Op. 21 / John Ross   New NH 57/11

Graham, Hughie – ? a joke

Hughie Graham : song / Finlay Dun   New NH 41/30

Hepburn, H

A third collection of Strathspey reels &c. : piano trio / Niel Gow   New NH 52/5

Holbray, Matthew (fl.1847)

Benedetta : fantasie pour le piano / J F Burgmüller   New NH 77/7

Humphreys, Miss

Six serious glees or hymns for three voices Op. 21 / John Ross   New NH 57/11

Montgomerie, C

NH 44 (whole vol.)

Montgomerie, Miss

NH 49 (whole vol.)

Robertson, Anne

NH 53 (whole vol.)

Robertson, Mr

NH 53 (whole vol.)

Smollett, Miss (at Cameron)

I waited for the Lord : duet / Felix Mendelssohn   New NH 42/23

Smollett, Misses (at Cameron)

NH 39 (whole vol.)

NH 40 (whole vol.)

NH 41 (whole vol.)

NH 42 (whole vol.)

NH 43 (whole vol.)

NH 68 (whole vol.)

NH 69 (whole vol.)

NH 70 (whole vol.)

NH 71 (whole vol.)

Fye, buckle your belt an' braid sword on : song, duet or trio / Finlay Dun   New NH 41/31

Hughie Graham : song / Finlay Dun   New NH 41/30

Lord Reoch's daughter : Highland air / Finlay Dun   New NH 41/29

Stewart, Margaret Anna (1880-1961), aftwds Lady Dalrymple – see also Margaret Dalrymple

Caressante (valse) : [piano solo] / Frank Lambert   New NH 77/24

Chor und Marsch aus Wagners Tannhäuser no.4. : [piano solo] / Diederich Krug   New NH 77/94

The choristers (valse) : [piano solo] / Bernard Phelps   New NH 77/28

The church parade : [song] / Herbert E Haines   New NH 77/68

Litany of Loretto and Litany No. 2 : piano solo / H M Higgs   New NH 77/25

Schatz-Walzer nach Motiven : piano solo / Johann Strauss II   New NH 77/35

Spinn! Spinn! (schwedisches Lied) no. 267 : [piano solo] / Diederich Krug   New NH 77/23

The swing song : duet / André Messager   New NH 77/78

Under the Double-Eagle (march) Op.159 : [piano solo] / Josef Franz Wagner   New NH 77/38

Vento, Mattia (1735-1776) – Italian composer

Six sonatas for the harpsichord [1st set] : [score] / Mattia Vento    New NH 45/1

Weldon, Mr

Love in a village : comic opera / Thomas Arne   New NH 16/1

White, Mrs Maria, of Leeds – 19th-c. English composer

We're a' noddin' [by William Hawes] : piano variations / Mrs Maria White, of Leeds    New NH 62/11

50 former owners mentioned in 111 separate works at Newhailes House