A collection of the most approved pieces of music from various authors, transcribed while member of Harvard University, from July 1789 to July 1793.

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A collection of the most approved pieces of music from various authors, transcribed while member of Harvard University, from July 1789 to July 1793.

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John Pierce kept this journal while he was a student at Harvard College. It consists of manuscript musical scores with annotations indicating the occasions at which the music was performed. These occasions included commencements, public exhibitions and Dudleian lectures. A note indicates that one anthem was prepared by Samuel Holyoke at Pierce's request, to be performed at Pierce's class commencement exercises, held on July 13, 1793. Several annotations were made in May 1794, the year following Pierce's graduation. There is a table of contents on the last page.

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