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| Id |
38676 |
| Category |
antiquarian music |
| Author / Composer |
ANGLICAN CHURCH |
| Title |
The Divine Psalmist's Companion. Being, In three Parts, A Collection of the best and most usefull Tunes now extant: made more fitt for publick Worship, by the Alteration of the most difficult Or less harmonious Notes in each Part, together with several Others (in every Metre & especially the long) never before publish'd; and all adapted to Dr. Watts's Psalms. The whole is intended to render Singing yt perplexing Valriety of Cliffs, & all ye Additional Incumbrences of those long Introductions to Musick, &c., which have render'd most Attempts of this kind vastly more expensive than Advantagous. |
| Place |
Mkt. Harborough, Leicestershire |
| Publisher |
Printed for & sold by John Clipsham |
| Publication Date |
[1753] |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Oblong 8vo. 42ff. (lacking f.1). |
| Description |
Panelled polished calf, gilt. Folio 2 possibly an introductory or dedication leaf. Each folio with manuscript tunes written on the versos, including seven additional manuscript folios at the end; title with the ownership 'signature' of Shaws lane Chapel 1817. |
| Reference |
BUS p.832. Not in RISM. |
| Price |
£650.00 |
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