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Dedication.
and Hardness of their Composition ; being
written, and difficultly made apt, and proper
to wonderful and uncommon Tunes, which
the best Masters of Musick were then
famous for; And I must presume to say,
scarce any other Man could have perform'd
the like, my double Genius for Poetry and
Musick giving me still that Ability which
others perhaps might want ; nor was the
Encouragement inconsiderable ; for as well
as obliging the Nobility, Gentry, and Com-
monalty, I had the Satisfaction of divert-
ing Royalty likewise with my Lyrical
Performances: And when I have per-
form'd some of my own Things before
their Majesties King CHARLES the
lid, King JAMES, King WILLIAM,
Queen MARY,. Queen ANNE, and
Prince GEORGE, I never went off with-
out happy and commendable Approbation.
The Remembrance of my Success at that
time, makes me hope the present Affair,
vol. i. b My

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Volume 1
ShelfmarkGlen.145
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Form / genre: Written and printed matter > Books
Subject / content: Ballads

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Volumes 1-6 - Wit and mirth, or, Pills to purge melancholy
DescriptionBeing a collection of the best merry ballads and songs, old and new. Fitted to all humours, having each their proper tune for either voice, or instrument: most of the songs being new set. 6 volumes. London, Printed by W. Pearson for J. Tonson, 1719-20. A 19th century reprint from a broken set of the two issues of the 1719-1720 edition. Volumes 1, 3-5 belong to the first issue; Volumes 2 and 6 to the second.
ShelfmarkGlen.145-145e
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Dates / events: 1876 [Probable date printed]

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Printed music
Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe.There are more than 330 publications contained in about 320 selected from the collection of John Glen (1833-1904). Also available are a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject.
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Special collections of printed music
DescriptionOver 400 volumes from three internationally renowned special collections of printed music. The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent excellent archives of 18th-19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The Hopkinson Verdi Collection contains contemporary and later editions of the works of Verdi, collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson.