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A general history of music from the earliest ages to the present period / by Charles Burney.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio ML159 .B96 v.1-v.4 v.1 v.2 v.3 v.4
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burney, Charles, 1726-1814.
- Standardized Title:
- General history of music from the earliest ages to the present period
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 4 volumes : frontispieces, illustrations (including music) 10 plates (part folded including music) portrait ; 22 x 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for the author, 1782-1789.
- Notes:
- Part of the musical illustrations are engraved.
- Vol. 1 is of the 2d edition, 1789; v. 2 is the first of two printings, both dated 1782; the earlier is printed with the long s; the later with the modern s. The two printings of v. 2 differ in other respects.
- "Chronological list of the principal books published on the subject of music in England, during the present century": volume 4, pages [687]-688.
- OCLC:
- 4675001
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