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Book/Printed Material An introduction to the knowledge and practice of the thoro' bass humbly inscrib'd to the Right Honourable the Lord Colvill

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Title

  • An introduction to the knowledge and practice of the thoro' bass humbly inscrib'd to the Right Honourable the Lord Colvill

Created / Published

  • Edinburgh : [s.n.], M.DC.XVII [1717]

Headings

  • -  Continuo--Early works to 1800
  • -  Music theory--Early works to 1800

Genre

  • Bookplates (Provenance)--DLC

Notes

  • -  Followed by "Institutions of musick, wherein are sett forth the practicall principles of musical composition in two parts": [22] p. of ms., with musical illustrations.
  • -  "The author of the printed portion was probably Alexander Baillie who in 1735 published in oblong 4to 'Air for the flute, with a thorough bass for the harpsichord ... ' This was a presentation copy from the author to Robert third & last Lord Colville ... Whether he or Baillie or some one else was the author of the ms. treatise that follows is uncertain. Mr. D. Laing never heard of another copy than the present of the printed tract"--Ms. note by J. Maidment, on fly-leaf.
  • -  Manuscript note by Thomas Taphouse quotes a reference by David Laing to this work in "Additional notes and illustrations to Johnston's Scots musical museum."
  • -  Manuscript note from John Graham Dalzell inserted.
  • -  Armorial book-plate of James Maidment.
  • -  LAC ael 2021-06-03 update (2 cards)

Medium

  • 11 p. ; 33 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MT49.A2 B18
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item B-012, Reel 16 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1982]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 22011221

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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An introduction to the knowledge and practice of the thoro' bass humbly inscrib'd to the Right Honourable the Lord Colvill. [Edinburgh: s.n., M.DC.XVII, 1717] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/22011221/>.