[Notes towards a history of music], [ca. 1776].

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[Notes towards a history of music], [ca. 1776].

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Manuscript, in a single hand, with numerous corrections, of notes used in the preparation of Burney's "History of Music." In addition to discussions on musical terms, forms, and composers, he includes a note on the whole-tone scale of "Chinese music" and remarks that "the...tempered scale is an inevitable evil in wind & keyed instruments & is tolerated more than admired by persons of discriminating & cultivated ears."

1 v. (130 p.) ; 16 x 11 cm.

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Burney, Charles, 1726-1814

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Charles Burney, British musician and author. He is the father of Frances Burney, Madame d'Arblay, the writer. From the guide to the Charles Burney (musician and author) manuscript material : 1 item, 1792, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Burney established a reputation as an organist and composer before moving to London in 1760. There he became a central figure in the circle gathered around author Samuel Johnson...