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Book/Printed Material A treatise on singing, explaining in the most simple manner : all the rules for learning to sing by note, without the assistance of an instrument, with some observations on vocal music, interspersed with original examples, solfeggi, airs, duettos &c. &c. ... (particularly some beautiful vocal pieces of sacred music, from the M.S.S. of Iomelli and Sacchini, never before published. In the collection of the late Iames Harris & W.B. Earle esqr. Salisbury)

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Title

  • A treatise on singing, explaining in the most simple manner : all the rules for learning to sing by note, without the assistance of an instrument, with some observations on vocal music, interspersed with original examples, solfeggi, airs, duettos &c. &c. ... (particularly some beautiful vocal pieces of sacred music, from the M.S.S. of Iomelli and Sacchini, never before published. In the collection of the late Iames Harris & W.B. Earle esqr. Salisbury)

Names

  • Corfe, Joseph, 1741-1820
  • Jommelli, Nicolò, 1714-1774
  • Sacchini, Antonio, 1730-1786
  • Anfossi, Pasquale, 1727-1797

Created / Published

  • London ; Bath : Mr. Corfe's, Salisbury, [approximately1800]

Headings

  • -  Singing--Instruction and study
  • -  Vocal music

Notes

  • -  Engraved, with exception of text (preface, on 2d prelim. leaf, and "Treatise on singing," which occupies 1st page group) Preface autographed by Corfe.
  • -  The composers whose names appear in this work are Jommelli, Sacchini, and Anfossi.

Medium

  • 2 p. l., 11, 40 p. ; 23 x 34 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MT830 .C78
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item C-083, Reel 49 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1982]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 17017447

OCLC Number

  • 22232241

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Corfe, Joseph, Nicolò Jommelli, Antonio Sacchini, and Pasquale Anfossi. A treatise on singing, explaining in the most simple manner: all the rules for learning to sing by note, without the assistance of an instrument, with some observations on vocal music, interspersed with original examples, solfeggi, airs, duettos &c. &c... particularly some beautiful vocal pieces of sacred music, from the M.S.S. of Iomelli and Sacchini, never before published. In the collection of the late Iames Harris & W.B. Earle esqr. Salisbury. [London ; Bath: Mr. Corfe's, Salisbury, approximately, 1800] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/17017447/.

APA citation style:

Corfe, J., Jommelli, N., Sacchini, A. & Anfossi, P. (1800) A treatise on singing, explaining in the most simple manner: all the rules for learning to sing by note, without the assistance of an instrument, with some observations on vocal music, interspersed with original examples, solfeggi, airs, duettos &c. &c... particularly some beautiful vocal pieces of sacred music, from the M.S.S. of Iomelli and Sacchini, never before published. In the collection of the late Iames Harris & W.B. Earle esqr. Salisbury. [London ; Bath: Mr. Corfe's, Salisbury, approximately] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/17017447/.

MLA citation style:

Corfe, Joseph, et al. A treatise on singing, explaining in the most simple manner: all the rules for learning to sing by note, without the assistance of an instrument, with some observations on vocal music, interspersed with original examples, solfeggi, airs, duettos &c. &c... particularly some beautiful vocal pieces of sacred music, from the M.S.S. of Iomelli and Sacchini, never before published. In the collection of the late Iames Harris & W.B. Earle esqr. Salisbury. [London ; Bath: Mr. Corfe's, Salisbury, approximately, 1800] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/17017447/>.