Catalogue of early books on music (before 1800) online

4 p. 1., 152 p. 15£ em .
Title vignette.

ML3795.A2U14

Ulloa, Pedro de, 1663-1721.

Musica universal, 6 Principios universales de la musica, dispuestos
por el padre maestro Pedro de Ulloa . . . Madrid, En la Imprenta
de musica, por B. Peralta, 1717.

6 p. 1., 104 p. 2 fold. pi. 22i cn >.

MT6.A2U42



EARLY BOOKS ON MUSIC 277

Unger, Johann Friedrich von, 1716-1781.

Entwurf einer maschine, wodurch alles was auf dem clavier gespie-
let wird, sich von selber in noten setzt. Im jahr 1752. an die Kdnigl.
akademie der wissenschaften zu Berlin eingesandt, nebst dem mit
dem herrn direktor Euler daruber gefiihrten briefwechsel, und eini-
gen andern diesen entwurf betreffenden nachrichten. Von Johann
Friedrich Unger . . . Mit 8 kupfertabellen. Braunschweig, Furstl.
Waisenhaus-buchhandlung, 1774.

5 p. 1., [3]-52 p. vn (t. e. 8) fold. pi. (partly music) 21 x 17 cm .

ML1050.A2U5

Uranian society, Philadelphia.

See Introductory lessons, practised by the Uranian society [1785]

y * * * * i^

See Reflexions sur la musique, 1785.



Valenti-Gonzaga, Silvio, cardinal, 1690-1756, editor.

See Bandini, A. M. Commentariorvm de vita . . . Ioannis Bapt.
Doni, 1755.

Vallara, Francesco Maria.

Primizie di canto fermo del padre Francesco Maria Vallara . . .
Modona, Per A. Capponi, stampatore, 1700.

8, 80 p. 23£ x 18 em . MT860.A2V17

Scuola corale nella quale s'insegnano i fondamenti piu necessarii
alia vera cognizione del canto gregoriano, composta dal padre Fran-
cesco Maria Vallara . . . Modena, Per A. Capponi, stamp., 1707.
viii, 198 p., 1 1. 24£ x 18£ cm .

The frontispiece given by Gaspari is wanting in this copy.

MT850.A2V17

Teorico-prattico del canto gregoriano, dato alia luce dal padre
Francesco Maria Vallara . . . Parma, G. Rosati, 1721.

viii, 140 p. 2 fold. pi. 25£ cm .

MT860.A2V19

[Valle, Guglielmo della] 1740?-1794?

Memorie storiche del p. m. Giambattista Martini, minor conven-
tuale di Bologna, celebre maestro di cappella. Napoli, Stamperia
Simoniana, 1785.

viii, 152 p. 20 cm .

ML410.M38V2

Valliere, Lonis Cesar de La Baume Le Blanc, due de la.

See La Valliere, Louis Cesar de La Baume Le Blanc, due de.



278 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Vallotti, Francesco Antonio, 1697-1780.

Delia scienza teorica, e pratica della moderna musica libro primo.
Opera del p. f. Francescantonio Vallotti . . . Padova, Nella stam-
peria del Seminario, appresso G. Manfre, 1779.

xxxi, 168 p. 7 pi. (1 fold.) fold. tab. 25£ x 19$ cm .

"Non fu pubblicato che questo primo volume; ma tutto il rimanente dell' ope-
ra conservasi ms. nella biblioteca de' Min. conv. al Santo di Padova." —
Gaepari, Catalogo della bibl. del Liceo musicale di Bologna.

ML3805.A2V2



Vandermonde, Alexandre Theophile, 1735-1796.

Second memoire sur un nouveau syst&ne d'harmonie applicable a
l'etat actuel de lamusique. ParM. Vandermonde . . . [Paris, 1781 ?]

18, 4 p. 27 x 21 cm .

Caption title.

Musical illustrations: 4 p., engr.

ML3815.A2V23



See also La Borde, J. B. de. Memoires sur les proportions musi-
cales, 1781.



Vanneo, Stefano, b. 1493.

Recanetvm de mvsica avrea a magistro Stephano Vanneo Reci-
nensi . . . nuper ssditum, & solerti studio enucleatum, Vincentio
Rosseto Veronensi interprete. Romae apvd Valerivm Doricvm
Brixiensem, 1533.

4 p. 1., 93 numb. 1. illus., diagrs. 28 cm .
The Italian original was not published.



ML171.V26



Vaucanson, Jacques de, 1709-1782.

Le mecanisme du fluteur automate, presents a messieurs de l'Aca-
demie royale des sciences. Par M. vaucanson, auteur de cette
machine. Avec la description d'un canard artificiel; mangeant,
beuvant, digerant & se vuidant, epluchant ses ailes & ses plumes,
imitant en diverses manieres un canard vivant. Invente" par la
mesme. Et aussi celle d'une autre figure, egalement merveilleuse,
jouant du tambourin & de la flute, suivant la relation, qu'il en a
donnee depuis son memoire 6crit. Paris, J. Guerin, 1738.

11 (i. e. 23) p. front. 25£ x 19J cm .

Last page numbered 11 for 23.

ML1055.A2V19



Vayer, Fran§ois de La Mothe le.

See La Mothe Le Vayer, Francois de.



EAKLY BOOKS ON MUSIC 279

Vaz Barradas Muitopao e Morato, Joao, b. 1689.

Breve resumo de cantocham, com as regras mais principaes e a
f6rma que devem guardar, o director do coro para o sustentar firme
na corda chamada coral, e o organista quando o acompanha, orde-
nado ao uso romano, por Joa5 V az Barrada Muito Pam, e Morato
. . . Lisboa Occidental, Officina da musica, 1735.

2 p. 1., 59 p. 19§ cm .

MT860.A2V39

Flores musicaes colhidas no jardim da melhor licao de varios
autores. Arte pratica de canto de orgao, indice de cantoria para
principiantes, com hum breve resummo das regras mais principaes
de acompanhar com instrumentos de vozes, e o conhecimento dos
tons assim naturaes como accidentaes . . . por Joao Vaz Barradas
Muito Pam, e Morato . . . Lisboa Occidental, Officina da musica,
1735.



6 p. 1., 113, [6] p. incl. pi., tables. 21 c



MT860.A2V41



[Veal, George]

Musical travels through England. By Joel Collier [pseud.] . . .
London, G. Kearsly, 1774.

viii, 59 p. 19£ cm .

[Miscellaneous pamphlets, v. 1141, no. 1]

A satire on Burney. Attributed also to J. L. Bicknell.

AC901.M5

Musical travels through England. By the late Joel Collier



, . 4th ed. London, G. Kearsly, 1776.
2 p. 1., vi p., 1 1., 102, 28 p. 20£ c



ML429.V394



Musical travels through England. By the late Joel Collier

. . . New ed. London, G. Kearsley, 1785.

xiv, [2], 126, 32 p. 15 cm .

ML429.V396

Velasco, Sebastian Lopez de.

See Lopez de Velasco, Sebastian.

Venceslaus Philomathes, de Nova Domo.

Venceslai Philomatis de Nova Domo Musicorum libri quatuor . . .
[Colophon: Impressum Viennse Pannonise per Ioannem Singrenium.
Anno m.d.xxiii.]

. [43] p. 22 cm .

Below title, on t.-p.: "Rvdberti Resch Grecensis . . . epigramma extenipo-
rale, musicse complectens obiter laudem" (14 lines in pentameter) followed by
the sentence "Erne lector et gavdebis" in capitals.

Title within woodcut border with printer's mark; initials. Signatures: a-d
in fours; e in six. This copy has ms. notes.

The present is the 3d edition. According to F6tis, the 1st edition, Vienna,
1512, has title: Venceslai Philomathis de Nova Domo Musicorum libri quatuor,
compendioso carmine elucubrati.

* ML171.V36



280 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Venezia, Giacinto.

Esercizio accademico sulla musica pubblicamente esposto da cherici
delle scuole pie nel collegio della ducnesca sotto la direzdone del padre
Giacinto Venezia . . . Napoli, 1792.

26 p. 23 x 18i cm .

ML64.V3

Venini, Francesco, 1737-1820.

De i principi dell' armonia musicale, e poetica, e sulla loro appli-
cazione alia teoria e alia pratica della versificazione italiana. Dis-
sertazione dell' abate Francesco Venini. Parigi, G. C. Molini, l'an
6 me -(1798)

2 p. 1., 3-165 p. 21£ cm .

2d edition. 1st edition, Paris, 1784.

PC1505.V5

Verato, Giovanni Maria.

II Verrato insegna con noua e breuissima inuentione facile per
imparare per tutte le chiaue, a leggere le notte, cantare & portar la
batuda, con cinque sole regole, in dialogo cioue maestro, & discepolo
. . . Con vn epilogo breue per li maestri che insegnano. Di f. Gio.
Maria Verrato . . . Novamente stampata. Venetia, B. Magni, 1623.

1 p. 1., 18 p. 23 cm .

MT44.A2V35

Veridicus Gratus, pseud.

See Printz, W. C. Phrynis Mitilenseus, 1696.

Verissimo dos Martyres, 1699 M767.

Director ecclesiastico das ceremonias da Cinza, Ramos, e de toda a
Semana santa, conforme as rubricas do Missal romano, e decretos da
S. Congregacao de ritos, com todo o canto-chao que nos sobreditos
dias se deve cantar . . . Pelo R. padre Fr. Verissimo dos Mar-
tyres . . . Lisboa, Offic. de J. da Costa Coimbra, 1755.



4 p. 1., 407, [1] p. 19i c



MT860.A2V51



Director funebre de ceremonias na administracao do sagrado
viatico, extrema-uncao aos enfermos, enterro, officio dos defuntos,
procissao das almas, e outras funcoes pertencentes aos mortos, com o
canto, que em to das se deve observar . . . Dedicado ao . . . Senhor
Luiz Cesar de Menezes, n. conde de Sabugosa . . . pelo R. P. Fr. Ve-
rissimo dos Martyres . . . Lisboa, J. da Costa Coimbra, 1749.

7 p. 1., 289 p. 20 cm .

MT860.A2V5

Veritophilus, pseud.

See Raupach, Christoph.



EARLY BOOKS ON MUSIC 281

Vermehrter / und nun zum zweytenmal in druck bef 6rderter kurtzer
jedoch grundlicher wegweiser / vermittelst welches man nicht nur
allein aus dem grund die kunst / die orgel recht zu schlagen / sowol was
den general-bass, als auch was zu dem gregorianischen choralgesang
erfordertwird/erlernen . . . sondern auch weiland herrn Giacomo Ca-
rissimi Sing-kunst / und leichte grund-regeln / vermittelst welcher
man die jugend ... in der music perfectioniren kan / zu finden seyn.
Wobey auch die eigentliche unterweisung / den choral-gesang zu be-
greiffen / alle desselben thon zu erkennen / und sich nach denselben in
den introitibus, Kyrie, hymnis, psalmis, Benedictus, Magnificat, &c.
wissen auf der orgel mit den prseambulis zu richten. Deme hinzu

. geffigt ein in kupffer verfertigter ubungs-plan / bestehend in aller-
nand prseambulis, interambulis, versen, toccaten, tastaten, varia-
tionen, fugen, und dergleichen . . . Allen / so geist- als weltlichen /
welche nothwendig den choral-gesang verstehen sollen . . . abson-
derlich denen / so der lateinischen sprach unerfahren / zu lieb in
teutsch hervor gegeben / und in druck verfertiget. Augspurg, J.
Koppmayer, 1693.

48, 55 p. 1 illus. 16 x 20£ cm .

"Prseambula, variationen, &c": 55 p.

MT35.A2K87

See also Carissimi, G. G. Ars cantandi, 1693.



Verschuere-Reynvaan, Joos, 1739-1809.

Muzijkaal kunst-woordenboek, behelzende, de verklaaringen, als-
mede het gebruik en de kracht der kunstwoorden, die in de muzijk
voorkomen, door J. Verschuere Reynvaan ... [1. deel] Amsteldam,
W. Brave, 1795.

xxii, [2], 618 p. fold, plates. 21£ cm .

Cover dated 1796. Several of the plates are printed on both sides.
Only the first part was published, covering the letters A-M.

Versuch einer systematischen entwickelung der tactarten und
vorschlage zu neuen tactzeichen.

(In Deutsches magazin. [Altona?] 1792. 17 x 10 cm . marz, p. [231]-264)
Detached copy.

ML432.A2V5

Vicentino, Nicola, b. 1511.

L'antica mvsica ridotta alia moderna prattica, con la dichiaratione,
et con gli essempi de i tre generi, con le loro spetie. Et con Tinyen-
tione di vno nvovo stromento, nel qvale si contiene tvtta la perfetta
mvsica, con molti segreti mvsicali. Nuouamente mess' in luce, dal
reverendo M. Don Nicola Vicentino. Roma, A. Barre, 1555.

146 numb. 1., [10] p., 1 1. illus. (port.) 31J em .

Title vignette. Leaf 105 numbered 106.

8 ML171.V43



282 LIBBABY OF C0NGBES8

Vierling, Johann Gottfried, 1750-1813.

Versuch einer anleitung zum praludiren fur ungeubtere, mit bei-
spielen erlautert, von Johann Gottfried Vierling . . . Neue ausg.
Leipzig, Breitkopf und Hartel [1794]

28 p. 25 cm .

MT68.A2V66

Vieville, Jean Laurent Le Cerf de la.

See Le Ceef de La Vieville, Jean Laurent, seigneur de
Freneuse.

Villa Lobos, Mathias de Sousa.

See Sousa Villa Lobos, Mathias de.

Villasagra, Pedro de.

Arte, y compendio del canto llano. Brevissimo en su inteligencia
para los que quieran aprender con f acilidad : con algunas antiphonas,
y missas para la practica. Su autor el P. Fr. Pedro de Villasagra . . .
Valencia, Impr. de la viuda de J. de Orga, 1765.

2 p. 1., 136 p. 1 illus. 21 cm .

Appended: "Adicion al Compendio del arte de canto llano ... La escribia
Don Manuel Narro," Valencia, 1766. 12 p.

MT860.A2V6

Ville sur Illon, Bernard Germain Etienne de la, comte de Lace-
pede.

See Lacepede, Bernard Germain Etienne de La Ville sue
Illon, comte de.

Villers, Clemence de.

Dialogues sur la musique, par M Ue de Villers, adresses a son amie.
Paris, Vente, 1774.

64 p. 17 cm .

ML1727.35.V7

Vincent, William, 1739-1815.

Considerations on parochial music. By William Vincent ... 2d
ed., with additions. London, T. Cadell, 1790.

iv, 43 p. 20£ cm .

ML3001.V77

Vinet, filie, 1509-1587.

£eeDiscouRS non plus melancoliqves qve divers, 1557.

Viotti, Giovanni Battista, 1753-1824.

Memoire au roi, concernant l'exploitation du privilege de l'Opera,
demande" par le sieur Viotti. [Pans 1 1789 ?]

50 p. 20 cm .

Dated "29 avril 1789."

ML1727.8.P2V5



EARLY BOOKS ON MUSIC 283



Virdung, Sebastian.

See Lusoinius, O. Mvsvrgia, 1536.



[Vismes, Alphonse Denis Marie de, called de Saint-Alphonse]
1746-1792.

Lettre a Madame de * * *, sur l'opera d'lphigenie en Aulide.
A Lausanne, 1774.

23 p. 18£ cm .

For authorship see Pougin's supplement to Fetis' Biographie universelle des
musiciens.

ML1727.35.V74



Vives, Vincenzo Requeno y.

See Requeno y Vives, Vincenzo.

Vockerodt, Gottfried, 1665-1727.

Missbrauch der freyen kunste / insonderheit der music / nebenst
abgenSthigter erdrterung der frage: was nach d. Luthers und anderer
evangelischen theologorum und politicorum meinung von opern und
com6dien zu halten sey ? Gegen hn. d. Wentzels / hn. Joh. Christian
Lorbers / und eines weissenf elsischen hof-musicantens schmah-schriff-
ten . . . vorgestellet / und mit einer zugabe: darinne enthalten: i.
Eine erinnerung an die censores dieser schrifft : n. Das von den pas-
quillanten angefochtene programma: in. Der hochl6blichen Theol.
facultat zu Giessen bedencken: iv. Vorstellung des . . . beginnens des
weissenf elsischen pasquillanten . . . hrsg. von Gottfried Vockerodt . . .
Franckfurt / Bey J. D. Zunnern, 1697.

176 p., 11. 19 x 15i om .

The program has special t.-p.: . . . De falsa mentium intemperatarum medi-
cina . . . Litteris Reyherianis.

ML194.A2V6

Gottfried Vockerodts . . . Wiederholetes zeugnus der warheit
gegen die verderbte music und schauspiele / opern- / com6dien und
dergleichen eitelkeiten / welche die heutige welt vor unschuldige mit-
teldinge will gehalten wissen: abgen6thiget durch die andere von
einem weissf elsischen hof-musicanten / im jahr 1697. herausgegebene
schmah-schrifTt . . . Hierzu komt als eine zugabe / nebenst andern
. . . materien / des herrn von Chanteresme grundliches . . . bedencken
von denen heutigen schau-spielen; wie auch des . . . hn. Armand yon
Bourbon, printzens von Conty, herrliches tractatlein von denen pflich-
ten grosser herren. Franckfurt und Leipzig / Bey J. Bielcken / 1698.

6 p. 1., 148, 59, [1] p. 19 x 15£ om . (With his Missbrauch der freyen kunste.*
Franckfurt, 1697)

The "tractatlein " has special t.-p.

ML194.A2V6



284 LIBBABY OF CONGRESS

Vogelsang, Joannes.

Mvsicae rv- || dimenta, per loan. || Vogelsangum Lindauiensem,
tarn |l fideliter quam compendiose || congesta. || loan. Pedionevs
Rhae- || tus, ad literarum tvrunculos. || Qui cupis in teneris, statim per-
discere cantum, || Annis, nsec musse prima clementa para: |l Quae tibi
cui nomen cantus foecere uolucrum || Succincto tradit colligit atq,
libro. [Colophon: Auguste Vindelicorum per Va- || lentinum Otthmar]

[88] p. 14i cm .

Dedication dated 1542. Signatures: A-E in eights, F in four.

ML171.V64

Vogler, Georg Joseph, abt, 1749-1814.

Georg Joseph Vogler's . . . Stimmbildungskunst. Mannheim, Kuhr-
furstliche hofbuchdruckerei, 1776.

[7] p. 4 fold. 1. (music) 18£ cia .

Leaves printed on both sides.

MT820.A2V6

Vogler's Tonschule, tonwissenschaft und tonsezkunst. Nebst bey-
spielen . . . Offenbach a/M, J. Andre [n. d.]

2 v. in 1. fold, tab., fold, diagr. \7\ cm .

A reissue, with Andrews engr. t.-p. added, of Vogler's:

Kuhrpf&Lzische tonschule. Auf kosten des verfassers. Mannheim, In
commission bei herrn C. F. Schwan, und bei herrn M. G6tze [1778]

2 v. in 1 (v. 1 : viii, 96 p. ; v. 2: 4 p. 1., 206 p.) fold, tab., fold, diagr. 17J cm .

Contents. — 1. th. Tonkunst. Clavierschule. Stimmbildungskunst.
Singschule. Begleitungskunst. — 2. th. Tonwissenschaft. Tonsezkunst.
Nuzbarkeit des tonmases. Gebrauch der harmonic Tonlehre.

From this it appears that the "Nuzbarkeit des tonmases" does not consti-
tute a third part to the work, as is stated in Barclay Squire's "Catalogue of
printed music (1487-1800) in the British museum."

The "Zweiter theil" is apparently a reissue with the original t.-p. of
"Georg Joseph Vogler's . . . Tonwissenschaft und tonsezkunst," Mannheim,
1776.

The "beyspiele" refer to the "Griinde der Kuhrpfalzischen tonschule in
beispielen" following.

MT40.A2V88

Griinde der Kuhrpfalzischen tonschule in beispielen : als vor-

bereitung zur Mannheimer monat-schrift, und zu den herausgaben des
Offentlichen tonlehrers. [Mannheim, 1778]



xxx p. 30 x 24 Pm .
Engraved throughout.



MT40.A2V883



Verbesserung der Forkel'schen veranderungen uber das englische
volkslied God save the King. Nebst acht kupfertafeln. Frankfurt
am Main, Varrentrapp und Wenner, 1793.

2 v. (v. 1: 48 p. fold, tab.; v. 2: 10 p.) 19 cm (v. 2: 35 cm )

Preface signed: A. V.

Vol. 2, engraved throughout, has title: Kontrapunktische bearbeitung des
englischen volkslieds God save the King.

MT64.A2V6

See aZsoERSTE musikalische preisaustheilung, 1794.



EARLY BOOKS ON MUSIC 285

Vogt, Moritz Johann, 1669-1730.

Conclave Thesauri magnse artis musicse [in quo tractatur. Pra>
cipue de compositione pura, musicse theoria, anatomia sonori, musica
enharmonica, chromatica, diatonica, mixta, nova, & antiqua: termi-
norum musicorum nomenclatura : musica authenta, plagali, chorali,
figurali: musica3 historia . . . &c. . . . Authore R. P. Mauritio Vogt]
. . . Vetero-Pragae, typis Georgij Labaun, 1719.

8 p. 1., 223, [3] p., 1 1. illus., diagrs. 33J C ».

Supposed by some authorities to have been written by Tomas Baltazar Janovka
and merely edited by Vogt.

MT7.A2V75

[Voigt, C]

Gesprach von der musik, zwischen einem organisten und adjuvan-
ten, darinnen nicht nur von verschiedenen missbrauchen, so bey der
musik eingerissen, gehandelt, sondern auch eines und das andere beym
clavier- und orgel-spielen angemerket wird ... an das lieht gestellet
von einem, der von jugend auf christlich vnterrichtet, und oeffentlich
die wahrheit an den tag gegeben. In iv. unterredungen. Erfurth,
J. D. Jungnicol, 1742.

5 p. 1., 140 p. front. 20 x 17 cm .

Preface by Lorenz Mizler.

ML3001.V89

[Voisenon, Claude Henri de Fusee, abbe de] 1708-1775.

R6ponse du coin du roi au coin de la reine. 2. ed. cor. & augm.
[n. p., 1753]

No. 1 in a volume of pamphlets lettered Quere[lle] des Bouffofns]

ML1727.33.A1

See also Grimm, F. M., freiherr von. Le petit prophete [1753?]

Voltaire, FranQois Marie Arouet de, 1694-1778.

See Hertel, J. W. Sammlung musikalischer schriften, 1757-58.

Voye Mignot, de la.

See La Vote Mignot, de.

Wagenseil, Johann Christoph, 1633-1705.

Joh. Christophori Wagenseilii De Sacri rom. imperii Libera civitate
noribergensi commentatio. Accedit, De Grermanise phonascorvm,
von der meister-singer / origine, prsestantia, vtilitate, et institvtis,
sermone vernacvlo liber. Altdorn Noricorvm, typis impensisqve
J. W. KohlesiL 1697.

4 p. 1., 7-576 (i. e. 588) p. front., vign., plates (partly fold.) ports., fold, plan,
tab. 21 x 16£ cm .

Between p. 554 and 555 is " Der meisterliche hort, in vier gekronten thonen, "

[12] p. „

1 ' Vrbs Norimberga carmine heroico illvstrata per Helivm Eobanvm Hessvm :

»• [393H32 ' ML183.A2W3



286 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Walder, Johann Jacob, 1750-1817.

Anleitung zur singkunst in kurzen regeln fur lehrer und in stuffen-
weyser reyhe von uebungen und beyspielen fur schuler, zum gebrauch
der vaterlandischen schulen. Von J. J. Walder. Zurich, Orell,
Gessner, Filssli und compagnie, 1788.

xx, 60 p. 20J x 17i cm .

MT935.A2W26

Walker, Joseph Cooper, d. 1810.

Historical memoirs of the Irish bards. Interspersed with anecdotes
of, and occasional observations on, the music of Ireland. Also, an
historical and descriptive account of the musical instruments of the
ancient Irish. And an appendix . . . By Joseph C. Walker . . .
Dublin, Printed for the author, by L. White, 1786.

xii, 166, 124, [6] p. front, (port.) illus. 27 x 21 cm .

Appendix: no. i. Inquiries concerning the ancient Irish harp . . . By the
Rev. Edward Ledwich. — no. ii. A letter ... on the style of the ancient Irish
music. From the Rev. Edward Ledwich. — no. iii. An essay on the poetical
accents of the Irish: by William Beauford. — no. iv. Dissertazione del Signor cano-
nico Orazio Maccari di Cortona, sopra un' antica statuetta di marmo, rappresen-
tante un suonator di cornamusa. — no. v. Memoirs of Cormac Common. — no. vi.
The life of Turlough O'Carolan. — no. vii. An account of three brass trumpets,
found near Cork: with remarks thereon. — no. viii. An essay on the construction
and capability of the Irish harp, in its pristine and present state. By William
Beauford. — no. ix. Select Irish melodies.

ML287.W18

Wallin, Georg, 1686-1760.

See Wernsdorf, G. De prudentia [1723]

WaUis, John, 1616-1703.

See Salmon, T. A proposal to perform musick, 1688.

Wallis, John, 1616-1703, translator.

See Ptolemaeus, Claudius. 'Apjjovaccov (leftAia f, 1682.

Walter, Thomas, 1696-1725.

The grounds and rules of musick explained: or, An introduction
to the art of singing by note. Fitted to the meanest capacities . . .
Recommended by several ministers, [n. p., 17 — ]

iii, [1], 25 p., 20 1. (music) 12£ x 18 cm .

Imperfect, wanting t.-p. and plate 4. Title taken from that of the 1st edition,
1721, as given in "Catalogue of the American library of . . . Mr. George Brinley,"
Hartford, 1881. According to Mr. Metcalf, however, our copy is not of the 1st
edition, but was published probably about 1740.

Contains (1) "A recommendatory preface," dated Boston, April 18, 1721, and
signed by Increase and Cotton Mather and 13 other ministers, iii p. (2) Expla-
nation of musical characters. [1] p. (3) "Some brief and very plain instructions
for singing by note." 25 p. (4) Music (engraved) consisting of "Rules for
tuning the voice" (leaf 1) followed by hymn tunes arranged for 3 parts (1. 2-20)

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Walter, Thomas — Continued.

— ; — The grounds and rules of musick explained: or, An intro-
duction to the art of singing by note. Fitted to the meanest capaci-
ties. By Thomas Walter . . . Boston: Printed for, and sold by
T. Johnston, 1764.

1 p. 1., 25 p., 24 1. (music) 11J x 17 cm .
The first 20 1. of music in this issue correspond to those in the foregoing.

M2116.W24

The Sweet psalmist of Israel. A sermon preach' d at the lecture
held in Boston, by the Society for promoting regular & good singing,
and for reforming the depravations and debasements our psalmody
labours under, in order to introduce the proper and true old way of
singing. Boston, J. Franklin, for T. Fleet, 1722.

3p.l.,6+p. 16°.

Imperfect, wanting p. 7-28.

Ch. 17.1063

Walther, Johann Gottfried, 1684-1748.

Musicalisches lexicon, oder Musicalische bibliothec, darinnen nicht
allein die musici, welche so wol in alten als neuern zeiten, ingleichen
bey verschiedenen nationen, durch theorie und praxin sich hervor
gethan, und was von jedem bekannt worden, oder er in schrifften
hinterlassen, mit allem fleisse und nach den vornehmsten umstanden
angefuhret, sondern auch die in griechischer, lateinischer, italianischer
und frantz6sischer sprache gebrauchliche musicalische kunst- oder
sonst dahin gehdrige w6rter, nach alphabetischer ordnung vorgetragen
und erklaret, und zugleich die meisten vorkommende signaturen
erlautert werden von Johann Gottfried Walthern . . . Leipzig, W.
Deer, 1732.

7 p. 1., 659, [7] p. xxii fold. pi. 22 cm .

ML100.A2W2

Weaver, John, 1673-1760.

An essay towards an history of dancing, in which the whole art and
its various excellencies arc in some measure explain' d. Containing
the several sorts of dancing, antique and modern, serious, scenical,
grotesque . . . London, J. Tonson, 1712.

4 p. 1., 172 p. 17 cm .

GV1601.W36

The history of the mimes and pantomimes, with an historical
account of several performers in dancing, living in the time of the
Roman emperors. To which will be added, a list of the modern
entertainments that have been exhibited on the English stage, either
in imitation of the ancient pantomimes, or after the manner of the
modern Italians; when and where first performed, and by whom
composed. By John Weaver . . . London, J. Roberts [etc.] 1728.

56 p. 20 cm .

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[Webb, Daniel] 1719 3-1798.

Observations on the correspondence between poetry and music.
By the author of An enquiry into the beauties of painting . . . Lon-