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Ancient Greek and Roman wind and string instruments. Engraving by J. Pass, 1818.
Date: 1818Reference: 33735i
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People playing ancient musical instruments. Etching.
Date: Jan. 1st. 1803Reference: 33736i
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People playing ancient musical instruments. Etching by J. Lee.
Date: May 1 1804Reference: 33740i- Books
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Historical memoirs of the Irish bards. Interspersed with anecdotes of, and occasional observations on the music of Ireland. Also, an historical and descriptive account of the musical instruments of the ancient Irish. And an appendix, containing several biographical and other papers, with select irish melodies. By Joseph C. Walker, Member of the Royal Irish Academy.
Walker, Joseph C. (Joseph Cooper), 1761-1810.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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A musical dictionary: containing a full explanation of all the terms made use of in the historical, theoretical, and practical parts of music: Also Explanations of the Doctrines of Ancient Music, and Mathematical and Philosophical Inquiries into the Nature of Sound with regard to Intervals, Concords, and Discords: Together with A full Description of all the various Kinds of Musical Instruments (not contained in any other Dictionary). The whole carefully abstracted from the best Authors in the Greek, Latin, Italian, French, and English Languages, By James Grassineau, Gent. A New Edition, to which is added An Appendix, selected from the Dictionnaire de Musique of M. Rousseau: Containing All the New Improvements in Music since the first Publication of this Dictionary.
Brossard, Sébastien de, -1730.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]