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| Id |
20695 |
| Category |
antiquarian book |
| Author / Composer |
PELHAM, Mary [pseud., i.e. KILNER, Dorothy (1755-1836)] |
| Title |
The Child's Introduction to Thorough Bass, in Conversations of a Fortnight, between a Mother, and her Daughter of ten years old. |
| Place |
London |
| Publisher |
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy |
| Publication Date |
1819 |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Small 8vo. 96pp. + 3 plates. |
| Description |
Red cloth, gilt. Music examples. From the collection of Christopher Hogwood (1941-2014). Written by the children's writer Dorothy Kilner, best known for The Life and Perambulation of a Mouse (1783, the first English children's story in which animals have distinct personalities, as opposed to fables), and First Going to School; or the Story of Tom Brown and his Sisters (1804, one the of the earliest school stories published). The book was evidently still current sixty years later when Vaughan Williams used it: "Encouraged to take an active interest in music, the young boy received his first lessons from a Wedgwood aunt, who not only taught him the piano but took him through The Child's Introduction to Thorough Bass and Stainer's Harmony" (NG). |
| Reference |
Sole edition. OCLC locates one copy outside Europe. |
| Price |
£450.00 |
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