Music - Dictionaries - Early works to 1800
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Plan of a practical dictionary of music Compiled from the most approved treatises; the authentic Mss. of Dr. Arnold, Dr. Boyce, &c. &c. Including some articles of an historical and theoretical nature. By J.W. Callcott, Mus. Bac. Oxon. organist of St. Paul's, Covent-Garden, and the Asylum. Respectfully inscribed, by permission, to Dr. Burney. To be published early in the year 1799. In one large volume, octavo, price fifteen shillings. Any communications which may tend to the improvement of the work, will be thankfully received by the author, No. 17, St. Martin-Lane, Charing-Cross.
Callcott, John Wall, 1766-1821.Date: 1797]- E-books
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A musical dictionary being a collection of terms and characters, as well ancient as modern; including the historical, theoretical, and practical parts of music: ... The whole carefully abstracted from the best authors ... By James Grassineau, Gent.
Brossard, S�ebastien de, d. 1730.Date: 1740- E-books
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The hertfordshire melody or, psalm-singers recreation. Being a valuable collection of psalms, hymns, anthems, &c. on various occasions: to which is prefixed, a new, concise, and easy introduction to the art of singing; and a copious dictionary of the terms made use of i music. By John Ivery, Teacher of Music at Northaw in Hertfordshire.
Ivery, JohnDate: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- E-books
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A musical dictionary being a collection of terms and characters, as well ancient as modern; including the historical, theoretical, and practical parts of music: As also, an Explanation of some Parts of the Doctrine of the Antients; Interspersed With Remarks on their Method and Practice, and curious Observations on the Phoenomena of Sound Mathematically considered, As it's Relations and Proportions constitute Intervals, And those again Concords and Discords. The whole carefully abstracted from the best authors in the Greek, Latin, Italian, French, and English Languages. By James Grassineau, Gent.
Brossard, S�ebastien de, d. 1730.Date: 1740