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the history of the violin, 1864
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1BOOKS ABOUT MUSIC
3HISTORY OF THE HARP. From the Earliest Period. By JOHN THOMAS (Pencerdd Gwalia). 8vo, paper covers, 6/–.
5HISTORY OF THE TRUMPET OF BACH AND HANDEL. By WERNER MENKE. Translated by GERALD ABRAHAM. 5 Plates and a Supplement of Music. Crown 8vo, cloth, 18/–.
6This history of the trumpet from its earliest use as an artistic instrument, gives special reference to its employment by Bach and Handel. The correct modern performance of the old parts is discussed, and a description of a new instrument invented by the author for this purpose is included.
8HOW TO LISTEN TO GOOD MUSIC and Encourage the Taste in Instrumental and Vocal Music. With many useful Notes for Listener and Executant. By K. BROADLEY GREENE. Complete, cloth, 8/6, or in two books, paper, 2/6 each.
10INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF IRISH MUSICAL HISTORY. By W. H. GRATTAN FLOOD. A compact Record of the Progress of Music in Ireland during 1,000 Years. Portraits. Crown 8vo, cloth, 10/6.
12MUSIC IN THE HIRSCH LIBRARY (Part 53 of the Catalogue of Printed Music in the British Museum), by A. HYATT KING and C. HUMPHRIES, 1951. Published for the Trustees of the British Museum. This catalogue, prepared by the Museum staff, lists also a considerable number of works which were either not included in the original four volume catalogue by P. Hirsch, or were acquired later. 4to, cloth, 42/–.
14MUSIC OF THE MOST ANCIENT NATIONS, particularly of the Assyrians, Egyptians and Hebrews, with special reference to Discoveries in Western Asia and Egypt. By CARL ENGEL, 1864 (reprinted 1929). About 100 illustrations and many music examples. Demy 8vo, cloth, 42/–.
16MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT, or Remarks on the Spirit of the Principal Musical Forms. An Æsthetical Investigation, in which an Attempt is made to show the Action in Music of certain Laws of Human Expression; to point out what are the Spiritual Aims of the Chief Forms of Composition, and the Broad Principles upon which they should be Constructed. By JOSEPH GODDARD. 8vo, cloth, 10/–.
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