The Literature of National Music

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Novello, Ewer & Company, 1879 - 108 pages
 

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Page 21 - Tom") WIT AND MIRTH ; or, PILLS TO PURGE MELANCHOLY. Being a Collection of the best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New. Fitted to all Humours, having each their proper Tune for either Voice or Instrument ; most of the Songs being new set.
Page 18 - The Bardic Museum, of Primitive British Literature ; and other Admirable Rarities ; forming the second volume of the Musical, Poetical, and Historical Relicks of The Welsh Bards and Druids : drawn from authentic documents of remote antiquity ; (with great pains now rescued from oblivion) and never before published.
Page 59 - ENGEL'S (CARL) Music of the Most Ancient Nations ; particularly of the Assyrians, Egyptians, And Hebrews; with Special Reference to the Discoveries in Western Asia and in Egypt. With 100 Illustrations. 8vo. 16s. ENGLAND (HISTORY or) from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1713—83. By LORD MAHON (now Earl Stanhope). Library Edition, 7 Vols. 8vo. 93«.
Page 52 - Christmas Carols, ancient and modern, including the most popular in the West of England, and the airs to which they are sung, also specimens of French Provincial Carols, with an introduction and notes.
Page 17 - ... Antient British Music ; or a Collection of Tunes, never before published, which are retained by the Cambro-Britons, more particularly in North-Wales...
Page 15 - Some of the most admired melodies are adapted for the voice to poetry chiefly translated from the original Irish songs, by Thomas Campbell, Esq., and other eminent poets. To which ia prefixed a historical and critical dissertation on the Egyptian, British, and Irish Harp.
Page 25 - Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
Page 16 - A Selection of Irish Melodies, with Symphonies and Accompaniments by Sir John Stevenson, Mus. Doc., and characteristic Words by Thomas Moore, Esq.
Page 17 - Welsh Airs, the traditional Remains of those originally sung by the Bards of Wales by John Parry.
Page 23 - ... de Vignoles et Du Bois, avec les airs notés, mis sur la bonne clef, tant pour le chant que pour le violon et la flûte.

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