A Grammar of Music: To Which Are Prefixed Observations Explanatory of the Properties and Powers of Music as a Science; And of the General Scope and Object of the Work (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Thomas Busby

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0656325577 ISBN 13: 9780656325573

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from A Grammar of Music: To Which Are Prefixed Observations Explanatory of the Properties and Powers of Music as a Science; And of the General Scope and Object of the Work

Had not Dr. O.'s respectable Ivor]; (respectable as the first production of the kind) proved deficient in some material points, and, perhaps, too dry and anti quated in its plan and style, to, be inviting to juvenile readers, this undertaking had been unnecessary. The former perform ance, however, is entitled to the praise of having opened a new door to musical intelligence; and, by realizing much, has shewn how much more might be efl'ected.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0656325577
• ISBN 13: 9780656325573
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 508