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Dedication,
lessen the Value I have for the rest of my
Noble Subscribers, I have desisted in that
particular ; and hope this General Address
will more exert my Duty, and increase your
Favour.
I am oblig'd first then to acknowledge
my Obligations for your ready and willing
Compliance : And also secondly to de-
clare, that to oblige ye, and compleat your
Diversion, I have added above a Hundred
new Pieces to the Publick Stock, and hope,
as the rest have generally had Applause
above others of this kind, they will happily
be receivd by you when read or perform'd
in your merry and vacant Hours.
I have (with a great deal of Trouble
and Pains) made some part of this Collec-
tion, and render'd ye many of the Old
Pieces which were thought well of in former
Days, and consider'd for their Pleasure
and
lessen the Value I have for the rest of my
Noble Subscribers, I have desisted in that
particular ; and hope this General Address
will more exert my Duty, and increase your
Favour.
I am oblig'd first then to acknowledge
my Obligations for your ready and willing
Compliance : And also secondly to de-
clare, that to oblige ye, and compleat your
Diversion, I have added above a Hundred
new Pieces to the Publick Stock, and hope,
as the rest have generally had Applause
above others of this kind, they will happily
be receivd by you when read or perform'd
in your merry and vacant Hours.
I have (with a great deal of Trouble
and Pains) made some part of this Collec-
tion, and render'd ye many of the Old
Pieces which were thought well of in former
Days, and consider'd for their Pleasure
and
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Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Wit and mirth, or, Pills to purge melancholy > Volume 1 > (10) [Page iv] |
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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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