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To learn to sing, observe these rules.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Johnston, Thomas, 1708-1767, engraver.
Series:
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 7442.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Music--Instruction and study.
Music.
Genre:
Hymnals.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (16 leaves of plates) : chiefly music
Other Title:
Rules for singing.
Place of Publication:
[Boston] : Engrav'd printed and sold by Thomas Johnston Brattle Street Boston, 1755.
System Details:
text file
Notes:
Engraved throughout. Consists of musical instruction and hymn tunes, printed on alternate facing rectos and versos.
Issued without title page. Title from first line of text.
There exist at least two issues of this edition, and several reworked impressions. The issue at hand (the earlier?) has 16 leaves (the other has 22 leaves); here the tune "Anthem to 100" begins leaf 2.
Generally found bound with one of the several Boston editions of Brady and Tate's version of the Psalms.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 7442).
Cited in:
Evans 7442
Access Restriction:
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