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Id |
20711 |
Category |
antiquarian book |
Author / Composer |
DANNELEY, John Feltham (1786-1836) |
Title |
An Encyclopaedia, or Dictionary of Music; in which not only Every technical word is explained, the formation of every species of compositions distinctly shewn, their harmonies, melodies, periods, cadences, and accentuation, but the various poetic feet employed in music, diapasons of instruments, terms of the ancient Greeks, &c. &c., forming a work of reference to musical students in general, Consisting of nearly three thousand articles more than any English Musical Dictionary extant, with upwards of Two Hundred Engraved Examples compiled from the most celebrated foreign and English authorities, Interspersed with observations critical and explanatory, by J.F. Danneley, Professor of Music. |
Place |
London |
Publisher |
Printed for the Editor and published by Preston |
Publication Date |
1825 |
ISBN / Plate No. |
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Series |
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Size |
8vo. [400] pp. + 4 folding plates. |
Description |
Original plain boards (backstrip worn at head and foot), printed paper label to backstrip. Uncut. From the collection of Christopher Hogwood (1941-2014). |
Reference |
First edition. |
Price |
£175.00 |
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