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Brotherton Collection319
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Burney, Charles (1726-1814)19
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy13
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)13
Schubert, Franz, 1797-182813
Grove, Sir George (1820-1900)11
Busby, Thomas (1754-1838)9
Fuller-Maitland, J A (1856-1936)9
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)8
Crotch, William (1775-1847)7
Hawkins, Sir John (1719-1789)7

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Correspondence between James Brown and Professor Richard Rastall

2002-2004

Letters between James Brown and Professor Richard Rastall. The subject matter focusses on the handlist for this collection of manuscripts and papers. It also mentions personal arrangements between B...

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A general history of music, from the earliest ages to the present period : To which is prefixed, a dissertation on the music of the ancients (v.1)

Burney, Charles (1726-1814)

1776-89

The illustrations include specimens of music. Imprint varies: Vol.2: T. Becket's name omitted from imprint. 1782. Vols.3-4: Printed for the author: and sold by Payne and Son; Robson and Clark; and G...

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A general history of music, from the earliest ages to the present period : To which is prefixed, a dissertation on the music of the ancients (v.2)

Burney, Charles (1726-1814)

1776-89

The illustrations include specimens of music. Imprint varies: Vol.2: T. Becket's name omitted from imprint. 1782. Vols.3-4: Printed for the author: and sold by Payne and Son; Robson and Clark; and G...

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A general history of music, from the earliest ages to the present period : To which is prefixed, a dissertation on the music of the ancients (v.3)

Burney, Charles (1726-1814)

1776-89

The illustrations include specimens of music. Imprint varies: Vol.2: T. Becket's name omitted from imprint. 1782. Vols.3-4: Printed for the author: and sold by Payne and Son; Robson and Clark; and G...

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A general history of music, from the earliest ages to the present period : To which is prefixed, a dissertation on the music of the ancients (v.4)

Burney, Charles (1726-1814)

1776-89

The illustrations include specimens of music. Imprint varies: Vol.2: T. Becket's name omitted from imprint. 1782. Vols.3-4: Printed for the author: and sold by Payne and Son; Robson and Clark; and G...

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A general history of the science and practice of music (v.1)

Hawkins, Sir John (1719-1789)

MDCCLXXVI. [1776]

Spine title: Hawkins's hist. of music.

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A general history of the science and practice of music (v.2)

Hawkins, Sir John (1719-1789)

MDCCLXXVI. [1776]

Spine title: Hawkins's hist. of music.

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A general history of the science and practice of music (v.3)

Hawkins, Sir John (1719-1789)

MDCCLXXVI. [1776]

Spine title: Hawkins's hist. of music.

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A general history of the science and practice of music (v.4)

Hawkins, Sir John (1719-1789)

MDCCLXXVI. [1776]

Spine title: Hawkins's hist. of music.

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A general history of the science and practice of music (v.5)

Hawkins, Sir John (1719-1789)

MDCCLXXVI. [1776]

Spine title: Hawkins's hist. of music.

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Renati Des-Cartes Musicæ compendium

Descartes, René (1596-1650)

1656

Title vignette.

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