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Book/Printed Material Thorough-bass made easy, or, Practical rules for finding & applying its various chords with little trouble : together with variety of examples in notes, shewing the manner of accompanying concertos, solos, songs, and recitatives Thorough-bass made easy / Practical rules for finding & applying its various chords with little trouble

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Title

  • Thorough-bass made easy, or, Practical rules for finding & applying its various chords with little trouble : together with variety of examples in notes, shewing the manner of accompanying concertos, solos, songs, and recitatives

Other Title

  • Thorough-bass made easy
  • Practical rules for finding & applying its various chords with little trouble

Names

  • Pasquali, Nicolo, approximately 1718-1757
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, former owner
  • Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed and sold by R. Bremner, the assigney [sic] of Sig. Pasquali ... [1765?]

Headings

  • -  Continuo--Instruction and study--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Engraved title page.
  • -  Robert Bremner conducted business in London between 1762 and 1789. See British Book Trade Index. Imprint date from ESTC.
  • -  Letterpress text is printed on leaves 24 x 19 cm, 4to with vertical chain lines. Recto of plate I blank.
  • -  An earlier edition was published by Bremner in Edinburgh 1757.
  • -  Signatures (letterpress only): A-M².
  • -  Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 4259
  • -  English Short Title Catalogue, T180274
  • -  LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. With a label covering part of the imprint: Sold at Longman & Co.'s music shop, no. 26 Cheapside.
  • -  LC copy is Thomas Jefferson's.
  • -  With: Pasquali, Nicolo. The art of fingering the harpischord ... London : R. Bremner, [between 1762 and 1789]. Issued separately.

Medium

  • [2], 48 p., [1], XXIX p. of plates : music (engravings) ; 24 x 34 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MT252 .P3 1760a
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item P-016b, Reel 152 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1983]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 12000079

Online Format

  • image

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Rights & Access

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Pasquali, Nicolo, Approximately, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Thorough-bass made easy, or, Practical rules for finding & applying its various chords with little trouble: together with variety of examples in notes, shewing the manner of accompanying concertos, solos, songs, and recitatives. [London: Printed and sold by R. Bremner, the assigney sic of Sig. Pasquali ... ?, 1765] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/12000079/.

APA citation style:

Pasquali, N., Jefferson, T. & Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. (1765) Thorough-bass made easy, or, Practical rules for finding & applying its various chords with little trouble: together with variety of examples in notes, shewing the manner of accompanying concertos, solos, songs, and recitatives. [London: Printed and sold by R. Bremner, the assigney sic of Sig. Pasquali ... ?] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/12000079/.

MLA citation style:

Pasquali, Nicolo, Approximately, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Thorough-bass made easy, or, Practical rules for finding & applying its various chords with little trouble: together with variety of examples in notes, shewing the manner of accompanying concertos, solos, songs, and recitatives. [London: Printed and sold by R. Bremner, the assigney sic of Sig. Pasquali ... ?, 1765] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/12000079/>.