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].
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Format: | Musical Score Book |
Language: | English Latin French Italian |
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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. more |