Musica antiqua :

a selection of music of this and other countries, from the commencement of the twelfth to the beginning of the eighteenth century, comprising some of the earliest & most curious motetts, madrigals, hymns, anthems, songs, lessons & dance tunes, some of them now first published from manscripts and printed works of great variety & value : the whole calculated to shew the original sources of melody & harmony of this country & to exhibit the different styles & degrees of improvement of the several periods : in 2 vols /
selected and arranged by John Stafford Smith, organist to His Majesty [the preface, and translations of the Provençal songs in the work, by John Sidney Hawkins].
Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Smith, John Stafford, 1750-1836.
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Format: Musical Score Book
Language:English
Latin
French
Italian
Published / Created: London : Preston, [1812]
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Notes:Detailed preface with remarks and translations of the Provençal songs; list of subscribers.

Price 1L. 6s.; 1L. 1s. to subrs (per volume).

Cont. paging.

With MS. letter from C.N. Elrington to Rev. J.H. Todd.

Physical description: 1 score (2 v. (14, 212 p.)) ; 37 cm.

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