An Essay on Musical Expression. by Charles Avison. to Which Is Added, a Letter to the Author, Concerning the Music of the Ancients, Likewise, Mr. Avison's Reply to the Author of Remarks on the Essay on Musical Expression Third Edition

Charles Avison

ISBN 10: 1170785824 / ISBN 13: 9781170785829

Published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions, US, 2010

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• Title: An Essay on Musical Expression. by Charles Avison. to Which Is Added, a Letter to the Author, Concerning the Music of the Ancients, Likewise, Mr. Avison's Reply to the Author of Remarks on the Essay on Musical Expression Third Edition
• Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, US
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1170785824
• ISBN 13: 9781170785829
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 18.9W x 1.3H x 24.61D centimeters 18.9 centimeters width by 1.3 centimeters height by 24.61 centimeters depth
• Weight: 440 grams

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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British Library

T101011

The plates are numbered 1, 3-5. With a final advertisement leaf.

London: printed for Lockyer Davis, 1775. viii,221, [3]p., plates: engr.music; 8