'Attempt to explain the principles on which the science of music is founded' by Boyce, c. 1777-1778
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MS. Don. c. 136
Held at the Weston Library
'Attempt to explain the principles on which the science of music is founded' by Boyce, consisting of tables of intervals expressed numerically, an account of each interval and its place in ascending and descending scales, and rules for its treatment in composition, c. 1777-8. Notes by Overend and Callcott appear throughout. Letters from Boyce to Overend, 30 Aug. 1777 and 8 Oct. 1778, are on fols.iv and i.
Copyright assigned to John Wall Callcott by Mary Overend, 20 April 1795.
Copyright assigned to John Wall Callcott by Mary Overend, 20 April 1795.
Dates
- c. 1777-1778
Extent
188 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Don. c. 136
Other Finding Aids
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought by Overend from Boyce's widow, 29th March 1779.
Physical Facet
Calf binding, repaired for the Royal Institution
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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