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



Performers  –  Castle Fraser

Monday 6th October 2025

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For details of Concert Venue etc. follow links to the relevant Master Index entry

A

Ambrogetti, Giuseppe (1780-a1838) English | singer

Zitti, zitti, piano, piano : terzet / Gioachino Rossini   Fra G05/17

Angelelli, Augusta (fl. 1798) English | singer

Modesto é quel ciglio : duet (Eurilla, Millord) / Antonio Salieri   Fra C01/4

Angri, Elena d' (1821/4-1886) Italian | singer

Forget it not : ballad / George Alexander Macfarren   Fra L40/9

B

Bannister, Charles (1738-1804) English | singer

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

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

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

Banti, Brigida (1757-1806) Italian | soprano

Rule Britannia : song / Thomas Arne   Fra C16/13

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

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

Bartleman, James (1769-1821) English | bass

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

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

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

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

Bell, Mr | singer

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

Benelli, Antonio (1771-1830) Italian | singer

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

Bianchi, Jane (1776-1858) English | singer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bodda, Frank (c1823-1892) English | baritone

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

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

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

Pandolfetto graziosetto : duet / Giovanni Paisiello   Fra C01/6

Pandolfetto graziosetto : duet / Giovanni Paisiello   Fra G05/8

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

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

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

Braham, John (c1774-1856) English | tenor

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

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

Buckland, Mr English | singer

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

C

Catalani, Angelica (1780-1849) Italian | soprano

Mozart's O dolce concento (Away with melancholy) : variations for harp or piano / Jean Elouis   Fra C18/8

Papà, the favourite canzonetta : for harp or piano / Jean Elouis   Fra C18/12

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

Catley {aka Lascelles}, Ann (1745-1789) English | soprano

Juanita, a song of Spain / Anon.   Fra L05/16

Christy's Minstrels (1843-1860) American | ensemble

A selection of popular songs sung by The Christy's Minstrels / Various Composers   Fra L06/1

Seventh selection of twenty songs of The Christy's Minstrels / Various Composers   Fra L39/1

Cimador, Giambattista (1761-1805) Italian | singer

La mia Dorabella : vocal trio / Giambattista Cimador   Fra E03/25

Cramer, Johann Baptist (1771-1858) Anglo-German | pianist

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

Crouch, Anna Maria ('Nancy') (1763-1805) English | singer

Each joy in thee possessing : duet / Christoph von Gluck   Fra C04/9

D

Dale, Joseph (1750-1821) English | pianist

A favourite duet for the harp & pianoforte / Joseph Dale   Fra E06/19

De Camp, Marie Thérèse (1774-1838) English | singer

In vain I mourn, in vain I sigh : air / Michael Kelly   Fra C01/16

Dignum, Charles (c1765-1827) English | tenor

Sally in our alley : song / Henry Carey   Fra C04/19

Dolby, Charlotte Helen (1821-1885) English | singer see also Mme Sainton-Dolby

Katey's letter : Irish song / Helen Blackwood   Fra L08/12

Three fishers went sailing : song / John Hullah   Fra L08/16

Donzelli, Domenico (1790-1873) Italian | tenor

Ebben si aduni [and] Tu vedrai la sventurata : recit. & aria / Vincenzo Bellini   Fra G10/19

Dussek, Jan Ladislav (1760-1812) Czech | pianist

Duet for harp and pianoforte Op. 38 / J L Dussek   Fra E06/17

Dussek {nee Corri}, Sophia Giustina (1775-c1831) Scottish | harp

Duet for harp and pianoforte Op. 38 / J L Dussek   Fra E06/17

E

Ethiopian Serenaders | ensemble

Carry me back to old Virginny : Nigger melody / Anon.   Fra L40/15

Dearest Mace : Negro song / Wellington Guernsey   Fra L05/35

Lilly Baker : Negro ballad / Percy Vere   Fra L39/36

F

Farren, Ellen ('Nellie') (1848-1904) English | soprano

The Continong : [song] / W M Lutz   Fra L39/14

Fawcett, John (1768-1837) English | singer

There was a little woman : comic song / Anon.   Fra C04/8

Fodor-Mainvielle, Joséphine (1789-1870) French | singer

Zitti, zitti, piano, piano : terzet / Gioachino Rossini   Fra G05/17

G

Gardoni, Italo (1821-1882) Italian | singer

Alice, where art thou? : romance / Joseph Ascher   Fra L39/18

Gear, Handel (d. 1885) English | singer

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

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

Genge, George (fl. 1846-55) English | singer

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

Grassini, Giuseppina (1773-1850) Italian | mezzo-soprano

O Giove onnipotente : cavatina / Peter Winter   Fra G05/13

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

Paga fui, fui lieta un di : cavatina / Peter Winter   Fra G11/21

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

Quale orror : chorus glee for 3 voice / Michele Mortellari   Fra E03/16

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

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

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

H

Harrison {nee Cantelo}, Ann (1766-1831) Italian | singer

Breathe soft ye flutes : song / J W Callcott   Fra C04/7

Harrison, Samuel (1760-1812) English | tenor

Begone dull care : duet / Trad.   Fra C16/14

The new mariners : glee for 3 voices / J W Callcott   Fra K01/12

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

Then you'll remember me : ballad / Michael Balfe   Fra L04/24

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

Harrison, William 1813-1868) English | tenor

Gone is the calmness from my heart : ballad / Vincent Wallace   Fra L04/25

Hayes, Catherine (1818?-1861) Irish | soprano

The forsaken : ballad / Virginia Gabriel   Fra L39/9

Hobbs, Miss S (19th c.) English | singer

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

Holland, R B (19th-20th c.) English | singer

Old Benbow's fate : song / R B Holland   Fra C04/18

Horn, Charles Edward (1786-1849) English | singer

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

Hudson, James (fl. 1837-55) Irish | singer

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

I

Incledon, Charles Benjamin (1763-1826) English | tenor

The heaving of the lead : song / William Shield   Fra C04/12

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

Ivanoff, Sigr (fl. 1842-8) | singer

Or che in Cielo : barcarole / Gaetano Donizetti   Fra G11/28

J

Johnstone, John Henry (Jack) (1749-1828) Irish | singer

Anna's lullaby : song / Charles Thomas Carter   Fra C04/14

Twin roses you've archly contriv'd : song / William Shield   Fra C04/6

K

Kelly, Michael (1762-1826) Irish | singer

Each joy in thee possessing : duet / Christoph von Gluck   Fra C04/9

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

Knyvett Sr, Charles (1752-1822) English | singer

Begone dull care : duet / Trad.   Fra C16/14

The boatie rows : Scotch melody / William Knyvett   Fra C17/8

The new mariners : glee for 3 voices / J W Callcott   Fra K01/12

Knyvett Jr, William (1779-1856) English | alto

The boatie rows : Scotch melody / William Knyvett   Fra C17/8

The waefu' heart : song / Anon.   Fra C04/15

Knyvett, Mrs William | singer

Begone dull care : duet / Trad.   Fra C16/14

Knyvett Sr, William English | singer

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

Krumpholtz {nee Steckler}, Anne-Marie (1766-1813) French | harp

A favourite duet for the harp & pianoforte / Joseph Dale   Fra E06/19

L

Lascelles, Miss | singer see Ann Catley {aka Lascelles}

Leander Brothers (18th-19th c.) Czech | horn

Duet for harp and pianoforte Op. 38 / J L Dussek   Fra E06/17

Leffler, Adam (1808-1857) English | bass

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

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

Lihu, Annette de (19th c.) French | singer

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

Lihu, Victorine de (19th c.) French | singer

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

Lloyd, Edward (1845-1927) English | tenor

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

Lover, Samuel (1797-1868) Irish | singer

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

M

Marchesi, Luigi (1755-1829) | singer

Lungi dal caro bene : cavatina / Giuseppe Sarti   Fra C01/9

Mario {aka De Candia}, Giovanni Matteo (1810-1883) Italian | tenor

Amici più bello sorse il giorno : barcarole / Daniel Auber   Fra G11/29

Merriden, Mrs M (19th c.) English | singer

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

Morelli, Giovanni (fl.?1770-1815) Italian | bass

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

Pandolfetto graziosetto : duet / Giovanni Paisiello   Fra C01/6

Pandolfetto graziosetto : duet / Giovanni Paisiello   Fra G05/8

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

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

N

Naldi, Giuseppe (1770-1820) Italian | singer

Zitti, zitti, piano, piano : terzet / Gioachino Rossini   Fra G05/17

Nield, Mr (18th-19th c.) English | tenor

Waft her angels : song / George Frideric Handel   Fra C17/6

P

Parepa, Euphrosyne (1836-1874) Scottish | soprano

Dream-land : song / Claribel   Fra L40/19

Janet's bridal : song / Claribel   Fra L08/11

Parisot, Mademoiselle (c1775-a1837) French | singer/pianist

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

Parry, John Orlando (1810-1879) Welsh | singer

Bendemeers stream : ballad / John Fane   Fra G12/15

Her last words at parting : ballad / Thomas Moore   Fra L08/8

Pasta {nee Negri}, Giuditta (1797-1865) Italian | soprano

Al dolce guidami castel natio : aria / Gaetano Donizetti   Fra G10/11

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

Come innocente giovane : cavatina / Gaetano Donizetti   Fra G10/12

Perren, George (1827-1909) English | tenor

Alice, where art thou? : romance / Joseph Ascher   Fra L39/18

Persiani, Fanny Tacchinardi (1812-1867) Italian | soprano

O luce di quest' anima : cavatina / Gaetano Donizetti   Fra G11/20

Phillips, Henry (1801-1876)? English | bass-baritone

The Old house at home : ballad / Edward Loder   Fra L21/2

Ponchard, Antoine (1787-1866) French | tenor

Ah quel plaisir : air with piano or harp / Louis Jadin   Fra G10/24

Il s'éloigne : air with piano or harp / Louis Jadin   Fra G10/25

Pyne {aftwds Bodda}, Louisa Fanny (1832-1904) English | soprano

I cannot mind my wheel, Mother : ballad / George Linley   Fra L40/16

R

Rheinhold, Charles Frederick (1737-1815) English | singer

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

Rovedino, Carlo (d. c1823) Italian | singer

La mia Dorabella : vocal trio / Giambattista Cimador   Fra E03/25

Rubini, Giovanni Battista (1794-1854) Italian | singer

Vivi tu, te ne scongiuro : aria / Gaetano Donizetti   Fra G10/13

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

Russell, Henry (1812/13-1900) English | baritone

I'm afloat, I'm afloat : song / Henry Russell   Fra L05/7

Life on the ocean wave : song / Henry Russell   Fra L05/8

S

Sainton-Dolby, Charlotte Helen (1821-1885) English | contralto see also Charlotte Dolby

At her window, ho! : Hungarian love song / Claribel   Fra L39/30

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

Janet's choice : ballad / Claribel   Fra L08/10

Maggie's secret : song / Claribel   Fra L39/17

Maggie's secret (2nd ed.) : song / Claribel   Fra L08/15

Will he come? : song / Arthur Sullivan   Fra L39/22

Schroder-Devrient, Wilhelmine (1804-1860) German | soprano

Rose, in the charms (Rose, wie bist du reizend und mild) : aria / Louis Spohr   Fra L04/9

Shepherd, Master (fl. 1792) | singer

Sweet lilies of the valley : song / James Hook   Fra C04/16

Sinclair, John (1791-1857) Scottish | tenor

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

Steibelt, Daniel (1765-1823) German | pianist

A grand concerto for the pianoforte Op. 33 / Daniel Steibelt   Fra E04/16

Stephens, Catherine (1794-1882) English | soprano

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

Sterling, Antoinette (1841-1904) American | contralto

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

Storace, Ann Selina (1765-1817) English | singer

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

T

Terry, Edward (1844-1912) English | singer

The Continong : [song] / W M Lutz   Fra L39/14

Toole, John Lawrence (1830-1906) English | comic actor

A norrible tale of the suicidial family : song / Unidentified Composers    Fra L39/26

Tree, Anna Maria (1801-1862) English | singer

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

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

U

Urbani, Sigr (19th c.) Italian | singer

Lord Gregory : song / Trad.   Fra C16/15

V

Valeria, Alwina (1848-1925) American | soprano

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

Vaughan, Kate (1852-1903) English | singer/dancer

The Continong : [song] / W M Lutz   Fra L39/14

Viganoni, Giuseppe (d. 1823) Italian | singer

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

La mia Dorabella : vocal trio / Giambattista Cimador   Fra E03/25

Modesto é quel ciglio : duet (Eurilla, Millord) / Antonio Salieri   Fra C01/4

Nel partir bell' idol mio : song / J C Bach   Fra E03/7

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

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

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

Tralle foreste : cavatina / Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari   Fra C01/10

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

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

98 individual performers mentioned in 169 separate works at Castle Fraser