Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music
Volumes 1-2 - Calliope, or, English harmony
'Volumes 1-2 - Calliope, or, English harmony' contains the following 2 items:
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Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Volumes 1-2 - Calliope, or, English harmony > Publisher: Roberts, Henry, approximately 1710-approximately 1790 Date printed: 1739 |
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Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Volumes 1-2 - Calliope, or, English harmony > Printer: Simpson, John, active approximately 1739-1798 Date printed: 1739-1746 |
| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Volumes 1-2 - Calliope, or, English harmony |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91519913 |
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| Description | A collection of the most celebrated English and Scots songs neatly engraved and embellished with designs adapted to the subject of each song taken from the compositions of the best masters in the most correct manner with the thorough bass and transpositions for the flute (proper for all teachers scholars and lovers of music printed on a fine paper on each side which renders the undertaking more complete than any thing of the kind ever published. |
| Shelfmark | Glen.187-187a |
| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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