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the other way may ferve for thofe,
who, all their life time, and every
day a make a trade of Mufick 5 yet,Gen-
tlemeo, who take it for a Recreation,
and therefore muft difcontinue their
practice as bufinefs requires, are never
able to maintain fuch a knowledge,
as confifts in confufion, and confe-
cjuently, will be daily impaired, if at
all omitted. And I can here plead the
fad experience of this, which makes
me fo zealous in the Remedy. For
after I had with much trouble over*
come the Diverfity of Cliffs, two or
three months abfence from my Mufick,
caft me into fuch a Relapfe, that I could
ftarcely, in fo much time, recover
tiem again.
Wherefore, having made this Pro-
pofal to fome Mufick-mafters}they re-
turned me fuch Objections, as partly
betrayed their mif-apprehenfions of
nw defign } but chiefly their unwilling-
ness it (hould come into practice.
Upon which account, I put my felf
upon the trouble of writing thefe Pa-
pets 5 that they might the more clear-
ly perceive the conveniency of this
Hypothecs. And if afterwards they
(hould remain peevifh, and obftinate
againlt
the other way may ferve for thofe,
who, all their life time, and every
day a make a trade of Mufick 5 yet,Gen-
tlemeo, who take it for a Recreation,
and therefore muft difcontinue their
practice as bufinefs requires, are never
able to maintain fuch a knowledge,
as confifts in confufion, and confe-
cjuently, will be daily impaired, if at
all omitted. And I can here plead the
fad experience of this, which makes
me fo zealous in the Remedy. For
after I had with much trouble over*
come the Diverfity of Cliffs, two or
three months abfence from my Mufick,
caft me into fuch a Relapfe, that I could
ftarcely, in fo much time, recover
tiem again.
Wherefore, having made this Pro-
pofal to fome Mufick-mafters}they re-
turned me fuch Objections, as partly
betrayed their mif-apprehenfions of
nw defign } but chiefly their unwilling-
ness it (hould come into practice.
Upon which account, I put my felf
upon the trouble of writing thefe Pa-
pets 5 that they might the more clear-
ly perceive the conveniency of this
Hypothecs. And if afterwards they
(hould remain peevifh, and obftinate
againlt
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| Special collections of printed music > Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed text > Essay to the advancement of musick > (51) Page 25 |
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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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