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the history of the violin, 1864
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1THE SOURCES OF KEYBOARD MUSIC IN ENGLAND. By CHARLES VAN DEN BORREN, translated by J. E. Matthew. 378 pages, 237 music examples. Crown 8vo, cloth, 21/-.
3A standard European work of musical scholarship and one which is of vital interest to all students of keyboard music of the 16th and early 17th centuries.
5The collection of keyboard music which naturally provides the basis for this study is the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, and detailed treatment, copiously illustrated with music examples, is given to the various figures—melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic—in this music and to the forms and styles cultivated by composers for the Virginal. Originally published in England in 1915, this book remains the only thorough study of its type, illuminating a most important branch of English and European music.
7TREATISE ON BYZANTINE MUSIC. By S. G. HATHERLEY. 208 Music Examples. 162 pages, 4to, cloth, 25/-.
9There are upwards of 50 unabbreviated musical pieces, ancient and modern, from Greek, Russian, Turkish and Egyptian sources, given and fully analysed.
11TRIBAL MUSIC AND DANCING IN THE SOUTHERN SUDAN, at Social and Ceremonial Gatherings. A descriptive account of the music, rhythm, etc., from personal observation. By Dr. A. N. TUCKER. 5 illustrations, 61 music examples illustrating the dances, songs and rhythm. 57 pages, demy 8vo, cloth, 10/6.
13THE TROUBADOUR AS MUSICIAN, Past and Present. By C. A. HARRIS. 2/6.
15THE WORLD'S EARLIEST MUSIC. Traced to its Beginnings in Ancient Lands. By collected Evidences of Relics, Records, History and Musical Instruments, from Greece, Etruria, Egypt, China, through Assyria and Babylonia to the Primitive Home, the Land of Akkad and Sumer. By HERMANN SMITH. With sixty-five Illustrations, nearly 400 pages. Crown 8vo, cloth, 25/-.
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