Lessons and pieces for pianoforte copied over several years in a book bought from Longman and Broderip
Includes:
(fol. 1) Key to musical notation;
(fols. 2v-8) Instructors' copies of pieces, with fingering;
(fols. 9-36) Dances, songs and other movements for pianoforte in the owner's hand: composers named are: Storace, Country Dance (fol. 9v); Pleyall, sic for Pleyel (?), Rondo, (fol. 13) and Miss Boyne, 'March and quick step' (fol. 16v).
Loose pieces, both manuscript and printed, pasted into the back of the volume.
(fols. 31-50) are blank.
Dates
- Creation: 1782-1792
Extent
52 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Mus. d. 179].
Shelfmark:
MS. Mus. d. 179
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 16716
Abstract
Lessons and pieces for pianoforte copied over several years in a book bought from Longman and Broderip, 1782-1792.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1932.
Subject
- Title
- Lessons and pieces for pianoforte copied during several years in a book bought from Longman and Broderip
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Hannah Jordan and Margaret Czepiel
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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