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[Binder's Collection: Florence Paulson, Book 1]

Description: Bound compilation of sheet music, compiled by Florence B. Paulson. The collection was bound in 1870, and contains works published between 1830 and 1870. Many of the selections are patriotic, while others include dances, ballads, and selections from operas. A variety of composers are present, with S. Wesley Martin and Henry C. Work the most frequent, each with three compositions in the volume. Almost half of the selections were published in Chicago, with others from New York, Boston, Cincinnati,… more
Date: 1870
Creator: Paulson, Florence B.
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Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Volume 1

Description: This is a copy of the first volume of "Dictionary of Music and Musicians," edited by Sir George Grove. This volume, published in 1879, is an encyclopedic work that contains the biographies of well-known composers as well as articles contributed by various authors on music topics, concepts and definitions starting alphabetically from: "A" (i.e., the sixth note in the scale of C major) to "I" (impromptu). The names of contributing authors appear in a list on pp.[vii]-viii), signed "Bedford Stree… more
Date: 1879
Creator: Grove, George, Sir, 1820-1900.
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Tractatus de musica

Description: The present volume is a 1875 compendium of various Latin music treatises by Johannes Tinctoris gathered from manuscript sources from Brussels, Bologna and Gand. The present edition, edited by Charles Coussemaker, comprises ten of the twelve surviving manuscripts of Tinctoris's theoretical works. According to Oxford Music, these were written in the first few years of his employment at Ferrante's court and demonstrate Tinctoris's intellectual and pedagogical mastery of music theory. They also dem… more
Date: 1875
Creator: Tinctoris, Johannes, d. 1511.
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