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Monumental inscription to the memory of Mr. [William] Gostling [microform] : late minor canon of the Cathedral of Canterbury / the music by Dr. Boyce ; the words by Sr. John Hawkins.

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[1777?]

1777

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The organ, its history and construction [by] E. J. Hopkins and E. F. Rimbault. With pref. and corrections by W. L. Sumner.

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Amsterdam, F. A. M. Knuf, 1972.

1972-1877

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Airs, overtures and other pieces for the harpsichord [microform] / Handel, G.F.

Notated music

[17--]

1700-1799

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The geometrical scale of musick : or, The gam-ut reduced to geometrical proportions [microform].

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1735.

1735

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Organ music : early English masters [microform].

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[18--]

1800-1899

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A lytell geste of Robin Hode, with other ancient & modern ballads and songs relating to this celebrated yeoman to which is prefixed his history and character, grounded upon other documents than those made use of by his former biographer, "Mister Ritson." Ed. by John Mathew Gutch, F.S.A., and adorned with cuts by F.W. Fairholt, F.S.A. ...

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London, Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1847.

1847

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The miscellaneous works in prose and verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, knt., now first collected. Ed. with notes and a biographical account of the author, by Edward F. Rimbault...

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London, J. R. Smith, 1856.

1856

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FormatTextCall numberNCE (Library of old authors) (Overbury, T. Miscellaneous works in prose and verse)Item locationOffsite
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Kind-heart's dream : containing five apparitions with their invectives against abuses reigning. By Henry Chettle. From the original black-letter tract printed, (without date) in 1592. Ed. by Edward F. Rimbault.

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London, Reprinted for the Percy society by C. Richards, 1841.

1841-

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FormatTextCall numberNCW (Chettle, H. Kind-heart's dream)Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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Ancient Scottish ballads : recovered from tradition and never before published ; with notes, historical and explanatory ; and an appendix containing the airs of several of the ballads.

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London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1827.

1827

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Cock Lorell's bote : a satirical poem : from an unique copy printed by Wynkyn de Worde / edited by Edward F. Rimbault.

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London : Printed for the Percy Society [by T. Richards] 1843.

1843

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Maroccus extaticus, or, Bankes' bay horse in a trance : from the original tracts printed in 1595 / edited by Edw. F. Rimbault.

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London : Reprinted for the Percy Society by T. Richards, 1843.

1843

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Memoirs of musick / by the Hon. Roger North ; now first printed from the original ms. and edited, with copious notes, by Edward F. Rimbault.

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London : G. Bell, 1846.

1846

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The old cheque-book; or, Book of remembrance of the Chapel Royal from 1561 to 1744.

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New York, Da Capo Press, 1966.

1966

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The / Femininʻ Monarchiʻ, / Or / The Histori / Of Bee's. / Shewing / Their admirable Naturʻ, and Propertis; / Their Generation and Colonis; / Their Government, Loyalti, Art, Industri; / Enimiʻs, VVars, Magnanimiti, &c. / Together / With the right Ordering of them from timʻ to timʻ: / and the sweetʻ Profit arising therʻ of. / Written out of Experiencʻ / By / Charls Butler, Magd. / ...

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Oxford, / Printed by William Turner, for đe / Author, M.DC.XXXIV [1634]

1634

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FormatTextCall number*KC 1634 (Butler, C. Feminin Monarchi)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
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Musical sketches, abroad, and at home. With original music by Mozart, Czerny, Graun, etc., vocal cadenzas, and other musical illustrations. Vol. 1.

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London : Ridgway, 1869.

1869

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The life of Franz Schubert. Tr. from the German of Kreissle von Hellborn by Arthur Duke Coleridge. With an appendix by George Grove.

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London, Longmans, Green, and co., 1869.

1869

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FormatTextCall number*MEC (Schubert) (Kreissle. Life of Schubert. 1869) v.2Item locationOffsite
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FormatTextCall numberDrexel 1657 v.2Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music
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A general history of music, from the earliest ages to the present period. Volume the first.

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London, Printed for the author, 1789.

1789

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FormatTextCall numberDrexel 1750 v.4Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music
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Les harmonistes des XIIe et XIIIe siècles, par E. de Coussemaker ...

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[Lille, Impr. de Lefebvre-Ducrocq] 1864.

1864

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Les harmonistes du XIVe siècle.

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[Lille, Impr. de Lefebvre-Ducrocq] 1869.

1869

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A course of lectures on the third or transition period of musical history, delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

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London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1865.

1865

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The arts in the Middle ages and at the period of the Renaissance: Music: a supplementary chapter.

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London: Bickers & Son, 1879.

1879

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Dictionarium musica; being a complete dictionary, or, treasury of music. Containing a full explanation of all the words & terms made use of in music ... All the words & terms made use of by the Italians, are also inserted. The whole compiled from the best antient and modern authors who have wrote on the subject. By John Hoyle.

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London, Printed for the author, and sold by S. Crowder, 1770.

1770

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Extracts from an account of musicians collected by T. Forde, chaplain of Christ Church, Oxon.

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[n.p., n.d.]

-

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Gallery of great composers : a series of portraits, engraved on steel, from oil paintings / by Professor Carl Jäger. With biographical and critical notices by Edward F. Rimbault.

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Boston : J. R. Osgood, 1881.

1881

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Mendelssohn. Letters and recollections. By Dr. Ferdinand Hiller. Translated with the consent and revision of the author, by M. E. von Glehn.

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London, Macmillan and Co., 1874.

1874

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Analysis of musical sounds : with illustrative figures of the ratios of vibrations of musical intervals and their compounds--Temperament--Harmonic vibration--Resultant sounds / by John Henry Griesbach.

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[London] : Printed for the author by the Omnichromo printing co., [1867?]

1867

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Sciothericum telescopicum; or, A new contrivance of adapting a telescope to an horizontal dial for observing the moment of time by day or night. Useful in all astronomical observations, and for regulating and adjusting curious pendulum-watches and other time-keepers, with proper tables requisite thereto. By William Molyneux ...

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Dublin, Printed by Andrew Crook and Samuel Helsham ... and are to be sold by W. Norman ... and S. Helsham and El. Dobson ... 1686.

1686

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The well-tuned organ, or, An exercitation; wherein, this question is fully and largely discussed, whether or no instrumental, and organical musick be lawful in holy publick assemblies? By Joseph Brookbank ...

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London: Printed Anno Domini, 1660.

1660

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Theorica musice.

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Mediolani, Philippus Mantegatius, 15 Dec. 1492.

1492

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Practica musice Franchini Gafori laudensis.

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Impressum Mediolani : Opera & impensa Ioannis Petri de Lomatio per Guillermum Signerre Rothomagensem, Anno salutis milessimo quadrigentessimo nonagessimo sexto die vltimo Septembris. [30 Sept. 1496]

1496

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Musick's monument, or, A remembrancer of the best practical musik, both divine and civil, that has ever been known to have been in the world : divided into three parts, the first part shews a necessity of singing psalms well, in parochial churches or not to sing at all ... and also shewing how cathedral musick may be much improved and refined ... the second part treats of the noble lute ... in the third part the generous viol, in its rightest use, is treated upon with some curious observations, never before handled, concerning it, and musick in general / by Tho. Mace ...

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London : Printed by T. Ratcliffe and N. Thompson, for the author, and are to be sold by himself at his house in Cambridge and by John Carr at his shop at the Middle-Temple gate in Fleetstreet, 1676.

1676

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Time and tune in the elementary school. A new method of teaching vocal music.

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London, Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1875.

1875

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The pianist's hand-book; a guide for the right comprehension and performance of our best pianoforte music; by Carl Engel.

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London, Hope and Co., 1853.

1853

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The violin: being an account of that leading instrument and its most eminent professors, from its earliest date to the present time; hints to amateurs, and anecdotes. By George Dubourg.

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London, R. Cocks and Co. [185-]

1850-1859

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Georg Friedrich Händel's Stammbaum, nach Original-Quellen und authentischen Nachrichten aufgestellt und erläutert von Karl Eduard Förstemann ...

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Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1844.

1844

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The principles of musik, in singing and setting : with the two-fold use thereof, [Ecclesiasticall and Civil.] / By Charles Butler.

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London, Printed by J. Haviland, for the author, 1636.

1636

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The old cheque-book, or Book of remembrance, of the Chapel royal, from 1561-1744. Ed., from the original ms. preserved among the muniments of the Chapel royal, St. James's palace, by Edward F. Rimbault.

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[Westminster] Printed for the Camden society, 1872.

1872

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[Catalogues of music sales by Musgrave, Foster, Watson, etc., 1830-1833.]

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1830-1833.

1830-1833

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On sound and atmospheric vibrations, with the mathematical elements of music. Designed for the use of students of the university. By George Biddell Airy.

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London and Cambridge, Macmillan and co., 1868.

1868

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F. Marini Mersenni Ordinis Minim. Harmonicorum libri. : Ad illustr. Virum Henricum Ludovicum Habertum Mommorum..

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Lutetiae Parisiorum, : Petri Ballardi Typographi Regij characteribus harmonicis. Sumptibus Guillielmi Baudry, via Amygdalina, propè Collegium Grassinorum., M.DC.XXXVI. [1636]

1636

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A knight's conjuring : done in earnest, discovered in jest / by Thomas Dekker ; from the original tract printed in 1607 ; edited by Edward F. Rimbault.

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London : Reprinted for the Percy Society by T. Richards, 1842.

1842

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The Church choirmaster and organist.

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London.

1867-

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Musical Society of London papers.

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[London, 1858-1864]

1858-1864

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