Memoranda for musical articles to be furnished to a new edition of the Cyclopaedia of Chambers, 1801.

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Memoranda for musical articles to be furnished to a new edition of the Cyclopaedia of Chambers, 1801.

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Manuscript, in a single hand, of notes for articles Burney planned to contribute to Chambers' Cyclopaedia of Arts and Sciences. His notes, organized in alphabetical order, include definitions of musical terms as "Mordante," Semitones," and "Discords," often illustrated with musical notation, as well as commentaries on composers such as Handel and Haydn. He writes of Haydn, "Clementi, now at Vienna, writes word to his house in Cheapside that Haydn has left his faculties, and is grown quite childish!"

1 v. (ca. 100 p.) ; 20 x 16 cm.

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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

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Clementi, Muzio, 1752-1832

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English composer, keyboard player and teacher, music publisher, and piano manufacturer of Italian birth. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 15 June 1818, to Mme Lehmann (née Bilguer) in Berlin, 1818 June 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564496 From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : Birmingham, 17 August 1829, 1829 Aug. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564500 Sonata first published 1795. This arrangement 1951.-...