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



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Monday 6th October 2025

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 Be  Bi  Bl  Bo  Br  Bu  By

Bacon, Miss (19th c.) | singer

Alice Gray : ballad / Mrs Philip Millard   Newhailes NH 40/25

Balfe, Michael (1808-1870) Irish | singer

Look forth, my fairest! : serenade / Michael Balfe   Drum Dr 42/4

Was zieht zu deinem Zauberkreise (The Spell) : song / Carl Maria von Weber   Drum Dr 38/18

Bannister, Charles (1738-1804) English | singer

Blow high, blow low : song / Charles Dibdin   Fraser C04/11

The bud of the rose : song / William Shield   Drum Dr 08/20

Tink-a-tink : duet / Michael Kelly   Fyvie FLC-10/20

Bannister, John ('Jack') (1760-1836) English | singer

Oh happy tawny Moor : duet / Samuel Arnold   Fraser C04/3

Wine cannot cure : song / Samuel Arnold   Drum Dr 08/30

Banti, Brigida (1757-1806) Italian | soprano

Amanti che nel core : polacca / Domenico Corri   Drum Dr 08/15

Rule Britannia : song / Thomas Arne   Fraser C16/13

Tristarella tu non m'Intendi : duet / Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari   Fraser C01/8

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

Barilli, Luigi (c1767-1824) Italian | bass

La Mia Dorabella : terzetto / W A Mozart   Drum Dr 05/9

Barker, George Arthur (1812-1876) English | tenor (also composer)

The Irish emigrant : song / George Barker   Drum Dr 37/29

Shall I, wasting in despair : song / George Barker   Drum Dr 34/18

Weep not for me : sacred song / George Barker   Drum Dr 35/21

Ye mariners of England : song / Charles Dibdin   Drum Dr 25/16

Barnett, John (1802-1890) English | singer

Blow, gentle gales : glee for 5 voices / Henry Bishop   Newhailes NH 41/33

Bartleman, James (1769-1821) English | bass

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

Oh Nanny wilt thou gang with me : glee for 4 voices / Samuel Harrison   Fraser K01/1

Bartolozzi {aftwds Vestris}, Lucia Elizabeth (1797-1856) English | contralto see also Mme Vestris

The moon is up! : serenade / T B Phipps   Drum Dr 29/7

Beaumont, Sally (c1760-1826) English | singer

Ma chère Laurette : song / François-Adrien Boieldieu   Drum Dr 21/24

Bedford, Henry (19th c.) English | singer

Light as zephyrs : duet / William McGhie   Drum Dr 25/7

Bedford, Mr (19th c.) English | singer

The captive rival : song / Thomas Cooke   Drum Dr 21/8

Lo the early beam of morning : quartet / Michael Balfe   Newhailes NH 41/20

Begnis, Giuseppe de (1793-1849) Italian | singer

A,B,C : duet / John Parry   Drum Dr 21/2

Io di tutto mi contento : duetto / Giuseppe Mosca   Fyvie FLC-16/8

Largo al factotum della città : cavatina / Gioachino Rossini   Fraser G10/5

Begnis {nee Ronzi}, Giuseppina de (1800-1853) Italian | soprano

Dunque il mio bene : duet / Nicola Antonio Zingarelli   Fyvie FLC-16/16

Io di tutto mi contento : duetto / Giuseppe Mosca   Fyvie FLC-16/8

Bell, Mr | singer

Bright Phoebus : hunting song / John Worgan   Fraser C16/16

Bellchambers, Miss English | singer

He never said he loved : ballad / G A Hodson   Drum Dr 34/15

Bellochi, Mme | singer

Di piacer mi balza il cor : cavatina / Gioachino Rossini   Drum Dr 12/7

Benelli, Antonio (1771-1830) Italian | singer

Per pietà, bell' idol mio : voice with flute and harp / Federici Benelli   Fraser E03/8

Bennett, James (d. 1870) English | singer

Make ready! Make ready! My Nautilus bark, or The fairy's voyage : song / 'Miss' Lightfoot   Drum Dr 35/8

Betts, Abigail Elizabeth (1800-1866) English | singer

Annot Lyle : ballad / G A Hodson   Drum Dr 39/1

We met! : ballad / Thomas Haynes Bayly   Drum Dr 29/17

Bianchi, Jane (1776-1858) English | singer

Rosa, non vidi mai : cavatina / Henry Bishop   Fraser E03/10

Bildstein, Mlle | singer

New Swiss melodies as duets for two voices / Franz Stockhausen   Drum Dr 28/17

Billington {nee Weichsel}, Elizabeth (1765-1818) | soprano

Ah! Perdona al primo affetto : duet / W A Mozart   Leith Hall LHM 08/34

Ah, will no change of clime : song / Giovanni Paisiello   Brodie Br 17/11

Apri alla madre il core : cavatina / Peter Winter   Fraser E03/17

Chi dice mal d'amore : aria / Johann Simon Mayr   Leith Hall LHM 08/31

Chi dice mal d'amore : duet / Johann Simon Mayr   Drum Dr 10/11

Chi mai vide eguale al mio : duet / Francesco Bianchi   Fraser E03/11

Grand duet for two performers on the pianoforte Op. 33 / J B Cramer   Fraser G14/12

Light as thistle down : song / William Shield   Drum Dr 08/17

Mrs Billington's much admired song / Charles Dibdin   Drum Dr 10/10

Oh Nanny wilt thou gang with me : glee for 4 voices / Samuel Harrison   Fraser K01/1

Oppressa mi sento : scena & rondo / Sebastiano Nasolini    Fraser E03/13

Perché mai nel sen : terzetto / Vicente Martín y Soler   Fraser E03/9

Questa, oh Dio, di tante pene : voc. duet / Francesco Bianchi   Fraser E03/12

Ti veggo t'abbraccio : duet / Peter Winter   Fraser C01/2

Together let us range the fields : duet / William Boyce   Fraser E03/1

Together let us range the fields : duet / William Boyce   Drum Dr 08/13

Vaghi colli, ameni prati : duet / Peter Winter   Leith Hall LHM 08/36

Vaghi colli, ameni prati : duet / Peter Winter   Fraser C01/3

Vaghi colli, ameni prati : duet / Peter Winter   Fraser G05/11

Whilst with village maids I stray : song / William Shield   Drum Dr 08/19

Birch, Charlotte Ann (c1815-1857) English | soprano

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

Sweet Mary mine! : song / John Orlando Parry   Drum Dr 28/1

Bishop {nee Riviere}, Anna (1810-1884) English | soprano

He never said he loved : ballad / G A Hodson   Drum Dr 34/15

Blanchard, Thomas (1760-1797) English | singer

The plough boy : song / William Shield   Brodie Br 17/4

Bland {nee Romanzini}, Maria Theresa (1769-1838) Anglo-Italian | singer

Fa lal la : song / Stephen Storace   Fraser C04/10

How charming a camp is : song / Thomas Attwood   Fraser C04/4

Johnny came a courting me : song / William Thomas Parke   Drum Dr 03/41

Oh happy tawny Moor : duet / Samuel Arnold   Fraser C04/3

Tink-a-tink : duet / Michael Kelly   Fyvie FLC-10/20

Wine cannot cure : song / Samuel Arnold   Drum Dr 08/30

Bodda, Frank (c1823-1892) English | baritone

Cheer up, my own Jeanette (Jeannot's song) / Charles William Glover   Drum Dr 37/2

Kitty Tyrrell : Irish ballad / Charles William Glover   Fraser L08/13

Bolla, Maria (fl.?1794-1804) Italian | singer

La mia pastorella : duet / Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi   Fraser C01/7

Pandolfetto graziosetto : duet / Giovanni Paisiello   Fraser C01/6

Pandolfetto graziosetto : duet / Giovanni Paisiello   Fraser G05/8

Senti, senti l'augellino : duet / Domenico Cimarosa   Fraser G05/4

Bolton, Mary Catherine, Lady Thurlow (1790-1830) English | singer

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

Borselli, Fausto (fl. 1778-1809?) Italian | singer

Occhietto furbetto che cosa mi hai detto : duet / Vicente Martín y Soler   Newhailes NH 75/6

Occhietto furbetto che cosa mi hai detto : duet / Vicente Martín y Soler   Fraser C01/5

Braham, John (c1774-1856) English | tenor

Ah! Perdona al primo affetto : duet / W A Mozart   Leith Hall LHM 08/34

All the blue bonnets with Urling's lace borders : song (parody) / John Braham   Drum Dr 21/3

All's well : duet / John Braham   Fyvie FLC-10/17

The beautiful maid : ballad / John Braham   Leith Hall LHM 08/15

Beauty in tears : ballad / John Parry   Drum Dr 05/6

Beware of love / Domenico Corri   Leith Hall LHM 07/2

The bewildered maid : ballad / John Braham   Leith Hall LHM 08/11

The bewildered maid : ballad / John Braham   Drum Dr 03/30

The blind minstrel : song / Henry Bishop   Drum Dr 03/37

Blue bonnets over the Border, or March, march, Etterick & Teviot-Dale / George Alexander Lee   Drum Dr 32/3

The death of General Abercrombie : recit. & aria / John Braham   Drum Dr 10/15

Fair Ellen : ballad / John Braham   Leith Hall LHM 08/19

For Love and Beauty's sake : ballad / J A Wade   Newhailes NH 63/22

Friend of my soul : song / Thomas Moore   Fraser L08/5

The glad trumpet sounds a victory : song / Domenico Corri   Leith Hall LHM 07/3

The glad trumpet sounds a victory : song / Domenico Corri   Drum Dr 10/17

Is there a heart that never lov'd : ballad / John Braham   Leith Hall LHM 08/14

It is not on the battle field : song / Thomas A Rawlings   Drum Dr 21/21

I've wander'd in dreams : duet / J A Wade   Drum Dr 42/3

Let us haste to Kelvin Grove (by 'John Sim') : Scottish song / R A Smith   Drum Dr 12/11

March away! March away! Buckler and bonnet blue! : Scots ballad / G A Hodson   Drum Dr 35/28

My heart with love is beating : ballad / William Shield   Drum Dr 10/6

Oh! Yes, we often mention her : song / Charles Edward Horn   Drum Dr 21/30

On this cold flinty rock : for piano with flute / Joseph Mazzinghi   Newhailes NH 67/11

Perché mai nel sen : terzetto / Vicente Martín y Soler   Fraser E03/9

Rest, weary traveller : duet / John Braham   Leith Hall LHM 08/24

The rose : rondo / John Whitaker   Drum Dr 05/29

Said a smile to a tear : song / John Braham   Drum Dr 10/14

The sailor's grave : song / Mrs Henry Shelton   Drum Dr 22/21

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

The voice of her I love : ballad / Samuel Arnold   Drum Dr 05/16

Wilt thou say farewell, Love : duet with harp / Henry Bishop   Fyvie FLC-26/8

The woodpecker : ballad / Michael Kelly   Drum Dr 05/11

Brambilla, Mlle (19th c.) | singer

Ah, sposo adorabile : aria / Giacomo Meyerbeer   Newhailes NH 40/4

Brent, Charlotte (1734-1802) English | soprano (Later Mrs Charlotte Pinto)

Nymphs and shepherds : song (high voice) / Thomas Arne   Newhailes NH 76/26

Brida, Sigr (19th c.) Italian | tenor

La Mia Dorabella : terzetto / W A Mozart   Drum Dr 05/9

Broadhurst, William (19th c.) English | tenor

My dark-eyed maid : ballad / Henry Bishop   Drum Dr 05/21

O come, my love : ballad / George Kiallmark   Drum Dr 12/19

Bruce, Susan (1804-1890) English | singer

Jock o' Hazledean : Border ballad / John Whitaker   Drum Dr 26/23

Buckingham, Thomas (19th c.) English | singer

Does your mother know you're out : comic song / W West   Drum Dr 35/22

Buckland, Mr English | singer

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

Burch, Mr | flute

The celebrated Echo song : for piano with flute / Henry Bishop   Drum Dr 12/8

Byfeld, Miss | singer

Remember me : canzonet In the Spanish style / Charles T Martyn   Drum Dr 22/28

121 works from All Collections by 42 performers with surname beginning 'B'