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A general history of music : from the earliest ages to the presen t period / By Charles Burney.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Printed for the author, 1782-1789.Description: 4 v. : fronts., ill. (incl. music) 10 pl. (part fold., incl. musi c) port ; 28 cmSubject(s):
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Vol. 1 is the 2d edition, 1789; v. 2 is the later of two printings, both dated 1782; the earlier is printed with the long s; the later with the modern s, as is the 2d edition of v. 1. The two printings of v. 2 differ in other respects.

Part of the musical illustrations are engraved.

"Chronological list of the principal books published on the subject of music in England, during the present century": v. 4, p. [687]-688.

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