Tans'ur, William. (1700 - 1783). A New Musical Grammar, and Dictionary; Or, a General Introduction to the Whole Art of Musick. . London: Robert Brown. 1756. Third Edition. 176 pp. Nicely bound in full modern brown leather. Binding a little rubbed, title page somewhat browned, but otherwise clean and sound and overall a fine copy.
Tans’ur’s New Musical Grammar, first published in 1746, went through several editions and was popular well into the nineteenth-century. "Beneath its rather grandiose manner it is a sound treatise of a conservative type, based on the medieval gamut and deriving much from John Playford’s Brief Introduction, but well designed for the aspiring country church musician." (Grove Online)
Tans’ur’s New Musical Grammar, first published in 1746, went through several editions and was popular well into the nineteenth-century. "Beneath its rather grandiose manner it is a sound treatise of a conservative type, based on the medieval gamut and deriving much from John Playford’s Brief Introduction, but well designed for the aspiring country church musician." (Grove Online)
Tans'ur, William. (1700 - 1783). A New Musical Grammar, and Dictionary; Or, a General Introduction to the Whole Art of Musick. . London: Robert Brown. 1756. Third Edition. 176 pp. Nicely bound in full modern brown leather. Binding a little rubbed, title page somewhat browned, but otherwise clean and sound and overall a fine copy.
Tans’ur’s New Musical Grammar, first published in 1746, went through several editions and was popular well into the nineteenth-century. "Beneath its rather grandiose manner it is a sound treatise of a conservative type, based on the medieval gamut and deriving much from John Playford’s Brief Introduction, but well designed for the aspiring country church musician." (Grove Online)
Tans’ur’s New Musical Grammar, first published in 1746, went through several editions and was popular well into the nineteenth-century. "Beneath its rather grandiose manner it is a sound treatise of a conservative type, based on the medieval gamut and deriving much from John Playford’s Brief Introduction, but well designed for the aspiring country church musician." (Grove Online)