Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 310

Old violins and violin lore, 1900

35 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

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1We have acquired
2the entire remaining stock of this
3important publication
5The Sources
6of Keyboard Music
7in England
9by Charles Van den Borren
10translated by J. E. Matthew. 378 pages
11numerous music examples, crown 8vo, cloth
13A standard European work of musical
14scholarship and one which is of vital interest
15to all students of keyboard music of the
1616th and early 17th centuries.
18The collection of keyboard music which
19naturally provides the basis for this study
20is the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, and
21detailed treatment, copiously illustrated with
22music examples, is given to the various
23figures — melodic, rhythmic, and
24harmonic — in this music and to the forms
25and styles cultivated by composers for the
26Virginal. Originally published in England
27in 1915, this book remains the only
28thorough study of its type, illuminating
29a most important branch of English
30and European music.
32LONDON
33WILLIAM REEVES Bookseller Ltd
341a Norbury Crescent, S.W.16

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