An essay on musical expression / by Charles Avison ... ; to which is added, A letter to the author, concerning the music of the ancients, and some passages in classic writers, relating to that subject ; likewise Mr. Avison's Reply to the author of Remarks on the Essay on musical expression, in a letter from Mr. Avison, to his friend in London.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Avison, Charles, 1709-1770.

Contributor:

Jortin, John, 1698-1770.

Davis, Charles, -1755, printer.

Faye and Gerson Blatnick Special Collections Fund.

Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Fund of The Savoy Company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hayes, William, 1706-1777. Remarks on Mr. Avison's Essay on musical expression.

Hayes, William.

Music--Early works to 1800.

Music.

Music, Greek and Roman--Early works to 1800.

Music, Greek and Roman.

Genre:

Prospectuses -- Great Britain -- 18th century.

Publishers' advertisements -- Great Britain -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Hopkinson, Francis (bookplate) (RBC copy 1)

Hopkinson, Oliver (signature) (RBC copy 1)

Barton, Thomas, 1730-1780 (autograph) (RBC copy 2)

Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 (inscription) (RBC copy 2)

Physical Description:

12 unnumbered pages, 152, 43 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 53 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of folded plates : music ; 21 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The second edition, with alterations and large additions ...

Fingerprint:

N.I. c.m- ann- "F"t (3) 1753 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for C. Davis ..., MDCCLIII [1753]

Notes:

Signatures: [A]⁴ a² B-N⁸ O², ²[A]² B-H⁴ I².

Woodcut factotum, head- and tail-piece.

"A reply to the author of Remarks on the Essay on musical expression" has separate signatures and pagination and special dated title leaf, which reads: A reply to the author of Remarks on the Essay on musical expression in a letter from Mr Avison, to his Friend in London. ... London: Printed for C. Davis, opposite Gray's-Inn Gate, Holborn. 1753.

"Proposals fro publishing by susbscription, Specimens of the various stiles in musical expression": p. [2-6] (6th count).

Publisher's advertisements: p. [7] (6th count).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Faye and Gerson Blatnick Special Collections Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Fund of The Savoy Company.

RBC copy 2 has modern ms. note in pencil on leaf ²H4v.

RBC copy 2 has autograph of Thomas Barton at head of title leaf and ms. inscription in his hand recording "[t]he gift of Mr. D: Rittenhouse to Thomas Barton" of this volume on verso of half-title.

RBC copy 2: many leaves dampstained at head outer corner.

Cited in:

ESTC T100989

ESTC T99913

OCLC:

6639340