An Essay on Practical Musical Composition According to the Nature of That Science and the Principles of the Greatest Musical Authors. by Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann

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National Library of Scotland

N009362

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London: printed for the author, and to be had of him; at Mr. Dale's; - at Messrs. Longman, Clementi, and Co.; - at Mr. Smart's; and at the other principal music shops; also at Mr. Low's, 1799. xx,106, [2]p.; 2°