[Book of songs, music and poems] [1676-1689]

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[Book of songs, music and poems] [1676-1689]

Seventeenth century music and commonplace manuscript by Scottish assistant schoolmaster, musician and session clerk Robert Taitt. The volume contains Scottish and English catches and airs, with their associated lyrics, collected and compiled by Taitt. The volume also contains some writings on music theory and teaching as well as passages from Samuel Butler's Hudibras and William Geddes' Saints recreation, in addition to other miscellaneous poetry in Latin and English.

193 leaves, bound ; 20 x 22 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7336000

University of California, Los Angeles

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Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680

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Geddes, William, approximately 1630-1694

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Ogden, C.K. (Charles Kay), 1889-1957

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The library of C.K. Odgen, Great Britain, was purchased for the University of California in 1957. The approximately 74,000 volumes were distributed to various UC campuses, with 6,213 to UC Berkeley. These were distributed in the General Library, including the Moffitt Undergraduate Library and the Rare Books and Special Collections Dept. Some titles determined to be UCB duplicates were transferred subsequently to other UC campuses. From the description of Charles Kay Ogden collection....

Taitt, Robert.

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