5000 Musical Terms : A Complete Dictionary of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, French, German Spanish, English, and Such Other Words, Phrases, Abbreviations,and Signs [Hardcover]

About The Book : A complete dictionary of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, French, German, Spanish, English, and such other words, phrases, abbreviations, and signs as are to be found in the works of Auber, Beethoven, Bertini ... and other eminent musical composers. The whole including the celebrated dictionaries of Busby, Czerny, Grassineau, and Hamilton. Arr., rev. and corr. To which is added a treatise on playing the organ or pianoforte by figures, etc. About The Author : John S. Adams (1823-1893), John was the son of Isaac Adams and Mary Stowell. Publications : Sam Squab, the Boston Boy ( Justin Jones, printer, 1844); The Language of Flowers (New Leavitt & Allen, 1847); The Wedding-Ring (Bo­ston, J. Buffum, 1850?); 5000 Musical Terms (Boston, Oliver Ditson, 1851); The Floral Wreath (Boston, J. Buffum, 1851); Friendship’s Jewel (Boston, J. Buffum, 1851); I Am Going There (Boston, Oliver Ditson, 1852); Answers to Seventeen Objections (New Fowler & Wells, 1853);The Crystal Gem (Boston, J. Buffum, 1853); A Rivu­let from the Ocean of Truth (Boston, Bela Marsh, 1854); Letter to the Chestnut St. Congregational Church (Boston, Bela Marsh, 1854); Town and Country (Boston, J. Buffum, 1855); The Psalms of Life (Boston, Oliver Ditson, 1857);Half-Hour Stories (Boston, G. W. Cottrell, 1858); Each Hour of Life (Augusta, Georgia and New Orleans, Blackmar & Brother and Blackmar & Company, 1861–65); Adams’ New Musical Dictionary (New S. T. Gordon & Son, 1865); Out in the Cold (Philadelphia, A.W. Auner’s Card and Job Printing Rooms,1871–90?).