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The temple of dullness. With the humours of Signor Capochio, and Signora Dorinna. A comic opera of two acts. As it is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. The Music by Mr. Arne.
Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]- Books
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The temple of dullness. With the humours of Signor Capochio, and Signora Dorinna. A comic opera of two acts. As it is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. The Music by Mr. Arne.
Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]- Books
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An ode, written by the King of Prussia immediately after the victory which he gained over the combined armies of France and the Empire at Rosbach; Which was set to Music, and performed, in the Queen of Prussia's Apartment at Berlin, the fifth Day of last Month. Translated from the Berlin edition, with the Original French, on the opposite Pages.
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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Church music reformed: or the art of psalmody universally explained unto all people. Containing, I. A new introduction to the grounds of music, teaching all the Rudiments thereof, in such a plain, familiar, and concise Method, as will enable most People, with a very little Trouble, to learn to sing the psalm-tunes correctly by Notes, according to Music, without the Help of a Master; also necessary Directions for pitching the tunes in their proper Keys; and a new Musical Dictionary. To which is prefixed a prefatory Discourse on the present Use of psal-mody; of the bad Performance of it in the Churches of London and Westminster, &c. Also of the new ludicrous Melodies composed by obsure Country Teachers of psalmody, which are daily creeping into Country Churches, with Reasons for laying those Tunes wholly aside, and for substituting a ̀̀set of proper Tunes, as have been best approved of by the best Masters of the last and present Age, with proper Hints for the general Improvement of Psalmody in public Worship, by one regular and uniform Manner of performing it in all Churches alike. II. Select portions of the psalms of David, properly adapted to a Set of grave and solemn psalm-tunes, both ancient and modern, being those Tunes which are now of common Use in most Churches, and were originally set forth by Authority, and are proper to be sung in all Churches and Chapels, &c. and of all the People together, with three excellent Hymns, for the three grand Festivals of Christmas, Easter, and Whitsuntide. The psalm-tunes are set in two parts, treble and bass, and figured for the Organ or Harpsichord, and are principally published for the Use of all Organists, Parish Clerks, Charity Children, and all other Lovers or Practisers of Church Music whatever. By John Arnold, Philo-Musicae, Author of the Complete Psalmodist, &c.
Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]- Books
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The compleat psalmodist. In Four books. Containing I. An introduction to the grounds of music, both Theoretical and Practical, Vocal and Instrumental; teaching all the Rudiments of Music, and Composition in all its various Branches: To which is added, a new Alphabetical Dictionary, explaining, almost to the meanest Capacity, all such Greek, Latin, Italian, and French Words, as are generally made Use of in Music. II. A set of services, commonly called Chanting-Tunes; together with Four and Twenty excellent Anthems, composed of Solo's, Fuges, and Chorus's, after the Cathedral Manner. III. The whole book of psalm-tunes: Containing near Two-Hundred different Tunes, collected from the best Authors now extant; with several new Tunes, never before in Print, being proper for Parish Clerks, and useful to Country Congregations. IV. A set of divine hymns, suited to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church of England; with several Canons of Two, Three, and Four Parts in One. The whole is composed for One, Two, Three, Four, and Five Voices, according to the most authentic Rules, for the Use of Country Choirs. The third edition, with large additions. By John Arnold, Philo-Musicae.
Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]