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Music - Handbooks, manuals, etc. - To 1800

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    An introduction to the skill of musick in three books: by John Playford. Containing I. The Grounds and Principles of Musick, according to the Gamut: In the most Easy Method, for Young Practitioners. II. Instructions and Lessons for the Treble Tenor, and Bass-Viols; and also for the Treble-Violin. III. The Art of Descant, or Composing Musick in Parts: Made very Plain and Easy by the late Mr. Henry Purcell.

    Playford, John, 1623-1686?. | Date: MDCCXXX. [1730]
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    The rudiments of music or, a short and easy treatise on that subject. The third edition. With considerable additions; particularly, Instructions for Song; and, A Plan for teaching a Number of Persons collectively the four Parts of Psalmody. By Robert Bremner. To which is annexed, a collection of the best church-tunes, canons, and anthems.

    Bremner, Robert, d. 1789. | Date: [1763]

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