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Book/Printed Material The compleat tutor for the violin containing the best and easiest instructions for learners to obtain a proficiency. To which is added a choice collection of the most celebrated Italian, English, and Scotch tunes, with several choice pieces for 2 violins

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Title

  • The compleat tutor for the violin containing the best and easiest instructions for learners to obtain a proficiency. To which is added a choice collection of the most celebrated Italian, English, and Scotch tunes, with several choice pieces for 2 violins

Names

  • Prelleur, Peter, 1705?-1741

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for and sold by J. Simpson, [1746]

Headings

  • -  Violin--Instruction and study--Early works to 1800
  • -  Violin music

Notes

  • -  The text, p. 1-9, is a slight revision of Peter Prelleur's paraphrase (published as pt. 5 of his Modern musick-master, London, 1730) of Nolens volens, London, 1695.

Medium

  • 34 p. ; 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MT262 .C6 1746
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item ANON-105, Reel 219 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1984]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 41018176

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  • image

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Prelleur, Peter, 1705?-1741. The compleat tutor for the violin containing the best and easiest instructions for learners to obtain a proficiency. To which is added a choice collection of the most celebrated Italian, English, and Scotch tunes, with several choice pieces for 2 violins. [London: Printed for and sold by J. Simpson, 1746] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/41018176/.

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Prelleur, P. (1746) The compleat tutor for the violin containing the best and easiest instructions for learners to obtain a proficiency. To which is added a choice collection of the most celebrated Italian, English, and Scotch tunes, with several choice pieces for 2 violins. [London: Printed for and sold by J. Simpson] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/41018176/.

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Prelleur, Peter, 1705?-1741. The compleat tutor for the violin containing the best and easiest instructions for learners to obtain a proficiency. To which is added a choice collection of the most celebrated Italian, English, and Scotch tunes, with several choice pieces for 2 violins. [London: Printed for and sold by J. Simpson, 1746] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/41018176/>.