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To the Reader.
and confumeth much time, before
the knowledge thereof can be at-
tained : Becaufe the Cliffs are
divers *, their Tranfpofition fre-
quent '-, the Order and places of
Notes very mutable j and their
denominations alterable and un-
fixed.
Tbefe things being confideredby
the Ingenious Author of this Booi^
(who endeavoureth only a refor-
mation of the Regulative Princi-
ples of Fra&kal MufickJ he hath
here prefented thee with an Expe-
dient , for the redrefs of tbefe Ob-
stacles, which do hinder the Pra-
ctitioners of this Art from ar-
riving in convenient time, at the
end of their Labours *, which is.
Perfection in the knowledge and
Performance of Mufick.
Perfpicuity and Brevity facili-
tate : And here is a well-defigned
Epitome
and confumeth much time, before
the knowledge thereof can be at-
tained : Becaufe the Cliffs are
divers *, their Tranfpofition fre-
quent '-, the Order and places of
Notes very mutable j and their
denominations alterable and un-
fixed.
Tbefe things being confideredby
the Ingenious Author of this Booi^
(who endeavoureth only a refor-
mation of the Regulative Princi-
ples of Fra&kal MufickJ he hath
here prefented thee with an Expe-
dient , for the redrefs of tbefe Ob-
stacles, which do hinder the Pra-
ctitioners of this Art from ar-
riving in convenient time, at the
end of their Labours *, which is.
Perfection in the knowledge and
Performance of Mufick.
Perfpicuity and Brevity facili-
tate : And here is a well-defigned
Epitome
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| Special collections of printed music > Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed text > Essay to the advancement of musick > (16) [Page ii] |
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| Description | By casting away the perplexity of different cliffs. And uniting all sorts of musick lute, viol, violin, organ, harpsechord, voice, &c. in one universal character. By Thomas Salmon, Master of Arts of Trinity College in Oxford.. |
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| Shelfmark | Ing.8 |
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| Description | Scottish and English songs, military music and keyboard music of the 18th and 19th centuries. These items are from the collection of Alexander Wood Inglis of Glencorse (1854 to 1929). 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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