[A tutor to the violin, or, Apollo's banquet : containing a collection of new ayres, theater-tunes and jiggs : to which is added the tunes of French dances, as they are used at court and dancing-schools : also plain instructions for the understanding the gamut, and notes for tune and time on the violin].
1669
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Details
Title
[A tutor to the violin, or, Apollo's banquet : containing a collection of new ayres, theater-tunes and jiggs : to which is added the tunes of French dances, as they are used at court and dancing-schools : also plain instructions for the understanding the gamut, and notes for tune and time on the violin].
Uniform title
Apollo's banquet.
Published
[London] : [Printed for John Playford, at his shop near the Temple Church], [between 1669 and 1687]
Description
1 score ([72] pages) ; 16 x 21 cm (oblong 4to)
Associated name
Playford, John, 1623-1686?, compiler, bookseller.
Russell, Arnold, Esqr., active 17th century-18th century, former owner.
Russell, Jemima, 1708- former owner.
Russell, Arnold, Esqr., active 17th century-18th century, former owner.
Russell, Jemima, 1708- former owner.
Language Note
Staff notation.
Note
Airs, tunes, and dance music for solo violin (or flute, recorder, or other melody instrument) with instructions for beginners:
Description based on a copy at the Folger Shakespeare Library with title page missing. Title and bookseller transcribed from advertisements for John Playford on I4v.
An exemplar of an unrecorded edition of Apollo's banquet between the first in 1669 and the fifth in 1687.
In two parts: the first contains 106 numbered "new tunes, jiggs, and dances"; the second 66 numbered tunes of "the usual French dances."
Inner form of gatherings B and D mis-imposed, resulting in erratic order of the tunes: 1-2, 17-24, 9-16, 3-8, 25-55, 67-71, 61-66, 56-60, 72-106.
Signatures: A⁴(-A1) B-I⁴.
The music is typeset.
Not in ESTC, 2019-09-26.
Description based on a copy at the Folger Shakespeare Library with title page missing. Title and bookseller transcribed from advertisements for John Playford on I4v.
An exemplar of an unrecorded edition of Apollo's banquet between the first in 1669 and the fifth in 1687.
In two parts: the first contains 106 numbered "new tunes, jiggs, and dances"; the second 66 numbered tunes of "the usual French dances."
Inner form of gatherings B and D mis-imposed, resulting in erratic order of the tunes: 1-2, 17-24, 9-16, 3-8, 25-55, 67-71, 61-66, 56-60, 72-106.
Signatures: A⁴(-A1) B-I⁴.
The music is typeset.
Not in ESTC, 2019-09-26.
Genre/form
Musical notation.
Booksellers' advertisements.
Imposition errors (Printing)
Manicules.
Annotations.
Prices (Sales)
Booksellers' advertisements.
Imposition errors (Printing)
Manicules.
Annotations.
Prices (Sales)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
270- 309q
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: wanting title page. Autographs: Jem. [Jemima] Russell her book; Arnold Russell Esqr. and variations repeated throughout. Musical and textual annotations, manicules; unrelated lists on front and back endleaves. Three leaves of theatrical songs bound in, with genealogical notes on the Russell family recording the birth of Jemima on Nov 1, 1708 and including "My daughter Jemima began to learn to play on [the] spinnet in March [the] 25, 1713," and another autograph of Arnoldus Russell Esqr. Trimmed, affecting some annotations. In an early leather inboard binding, blind-tooled, with marbled endleaves. Acquired from Ken Spelman, 2018-05-25. Purchase made possible by The James B. Sitrick Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
Folger accession
270309