Symphonia da camera : in G minor (August 20, 1761) / Herschel ; edited by Douglas Townsend. c1997.

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Symphonia da camera : in G minor (August 20, 1761) / Herschel ; edited by Douglas Townsend. c1997.

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Townsend, Douglas

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Composed 1949. Fifth movement dedicated to Stefan Wolpe.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Divertimento / by Douglas Townsend. [1949] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56193194 Composed 1949. First performance 1950.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fantasy for small orchestra / by Douglas Townsend. [1949] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56193208 ...

Herschel, William, 1738-1822

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William Herschel(b. November 15, 1738, Hannover, Germany–d. August 25, 1822, Slough, England) was a British astronomer and composer, and brother of fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel, with whom he worked. Herschel constructed his first large telescope in 1774, after which he spent nine years carrying out sky surveys to investigate double stars. Herschel published catalogues of nebulae in 1802 (2,500 objects) and in 1820 (5,000 objects). In the course of an observation on 13 March 1781, he ...