The great abuse of musick : in two parts : containing an account of the use and design of musick among the antient Jews, Greeks, Romans, and others, with their concern for and care to prevent the abuse thereof : and also an account of the immorality and profaneness which is occasioned by the corruption of that most noble science in the present age / by Arthur Bedford, M.A., Chaplain to His Grace Wriothesly Duke of Bedford, and Vicar of Temple in the city of Bristol.
1711
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Title
The great abuse of musick : in two parts : containing an account of the use and design of musick among the antient Jews, Greeks, Romans, and others, with their concern for and care to prevent the abuse thereof : and also an account of the immorality and profaneness which is occasioned by the corruption of that most noble science in the present age / by Arthur Bedford, M.A., Chaplain to His Grace Wriothesly Duke of Bedford, and Vicar of Temple in the city of Bristol.
Spine title
Bedford's abuse of musick
Created/published
London : Printed by J.H. for John Wyatt at the Rose in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1711.
Description
[4], 276 p. : music ; 20 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Bedford, Arthur, 1668-1745, author.
Heptinstall, John, printer.
Wyat, John, -approximately 1732, bookseller.
Hawker, Percy Digby, 1855-1906, former owner.
Stevens-Cox, James, former owner.
Heptinstall, John, printer.
Wyat, John, -approximately 1732, bookseller.
Hawker, Percy Digby, 1855-1906, former owner.
Stevens-Cox, James, former owner.
Note
"J.H." is probably John Heptinstall, who printed music books.
Signatures: [A]² B-R⁸ S⁶ T⁴.
"A canon of four parts in one, according to Mr. Purcell's rule of fuging ...": page [269]-276. Leaf S6v (page 268 misnumbered '168') has "Finis"; many copies are lacking the canon.
Signatures: [A]² B-R⁸ S⁶ T⁴.
"A canon of four parts in one, according to Mr. Purcell's rule of fuging ...": page [269]-276. Leaf S6v (page 268 misnumbered '168') has "Finis"; many copies are lacking the canon.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), T116425
Genre/form
Musical notation.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
268- 093q
Folger-specific note
Armorial bookplate (motto: Honor et fides): "Library of Percy Digby Hawker," dated in manuscript: "A. August, 1877." Bookplate: Ex libris James Stevens Cox. Cambridge-style calf binding with brown leather spine label. Acquired from E.M. Lawson & Co., 2013-10-19. Purchase made possible by The Folger Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
Folger accession
268093