Walker's Companion to Dr. Rippon's Tune Book; being a Collection of above Two Hundred and Eighty Favourite and Original Hymn Tunes and Pieces, (None of which are in his Selection,) In Sixty-two Measures, - Adapted for the Organ, Piano Forte, &c. To which is prefixed, An Arranged Index of the Tunes, exhibiting at one view, Suitable Hymns to such Peculiar Metres as are in Dr. Watts, Rippon, Collyer, Lady Huntingdon, Mr. Wesley's and Albion Chapel Hymn Books

[Walker, Thomas]

Published by Printed for and Sold by J. Walker | J. Haddon, Printer, London, 1828

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Oblong tree calf binding bordered in gilt, 11.5 x 25 cm (4 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches), front joint cracked and weak, rear one is fine. (20), 252 pp. Contents complete and very good. Thomas Walker (1764-1827), remembered as a prominent English musician [see Music & Richardson, p. 59] who, along with Robert Keene, helped the Baptist minister John Rippon to compile his tunebook. Walker continued to add to Rippon's tunebook through his second, third, and fourth editions, before issuing his own supplement here. You will notice that Walker states in the title that none of the tunes herein are contained in the editions of Rippon's own tunebook.With a signed provenance card from the collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS. Seller Inventory # 8987

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Title: Walker's Companion to Dr. Rippon's Tune Book...
Publisher: Printed for and Sold by J. Walker | J. Haddon, Printer, London
Publication Date: 1828
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: Ninth Edition, with Supplements.

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