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Book/Printed Material A scheme demonstrating the perfection and harmony of sounds : wherein is discover'd the true coincidence of tones into diapasons and where all musical intervals unite and incorporate to the minutest part & their exact proportions agreeable to the proportions of numbers : likewise, the exact difference betwixt greater and lesser intervals and how they are compounded together in musical concordance : as also, where greater and lesser tones and semi-tones take place in the diatonick scale and how greater & lesser semi-tones arise in the chromatick scale

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  • A scheme demonstrating the perfection and harmony of sounds : wherein is discover'd the true coincidence of tones into diapasons and where all musical intervals unite and incorporate to the minutest part & their exact proportions agreeable to the proportions of numbers : likewise, the exact difference betwixt greater and lesser intervals and how they are compounded together in musical concordance : as also, where greater and lesser tones and semi-tones take place in the diatonick scale and how greater & lesser semi-tones arise in the chromatick scale

Names

  • Jackson, William (Music Master)
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, former owner
  • Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [London] : [s.n.], [1726?]

Headings

  • -  Music--Charts, diagrams, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Dedication signed "by the author William Iackson."
  • -  "Note: a treatise containing a further exxplanation [sic] and else with several usefull schemes in it will be sold with this scheme." This is likely ESTC T194752, Jackson's A preliminary discourse to a scheme, demonstrating the perfection and harmony of sounds (London, [1730?])
  • -  Wholly engraved.
  • -  Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 4251
  • -  LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Broken at all folds and mounted on linen, then folded into a binding.
  • -  LC copy is Thomas Jefferson's.
  • -  LAC knj 2019-09-04 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 1 sheet (1 p.) : ill. ; 75 x 55 cm, folded to 21 x 16 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MT15 .J14 1726
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item J-003, Reel 94 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1983]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 04007471

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Jackson, William, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. A Scheme Demonstrating the Perfection and Harmony of Sounds: Wherein Is Discover'd the True Coincidence of Tones Into Diapasons and Where All Musical Intervals Unite and Incorporate to the Minutest Part & Their Exact Proportions Agreeable to the Proportions of Numbers: Likewise, the Exact Difference Betwixt Greater and Lesser Intervals and How They Are Compounded Together in Musical Concordance: As Also, Where Greater and Lesser Tones and Semi-Tones Take Place in the Diatonick Scale and How Greater & Lesser Semi-Tones Arise in the Chromatick Scale. [London: s.n., ?, 1726] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/04007471/.

APA citation style:

Jackson, W., Jefferson, T. & Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. (1726) A Scheme Demonstrating the Perfection and Harmony of Sounds: Wherein Is Discover'd the True Coincidence of Tones Into Diapasons and Where All Musical Intervals Unite and Incorporate to the Minutest Part & Their Exact Proportions Agreeable to the Proportions of Numbers: Likewise, the Exact Difference Betwixt Greater and Lesser Intervals and How They Are Compounded Together in Musical Concordance: As Also, Where Greater and Lesser Tones and Semi-Tones Take Place in the Diatonick Scale and How Greater & Lesser Semi-Tones Arise in the Chromatick Scale. [London: s.n., ?] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/04007471/.

MLA citation style:

Jackson, William, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. A Scheme Demonstrating the Perfection and Harmony of Sounds: Wherein Is Discover'd the True Coincidence of Tones Into Diapasons and Where All Musical Intervals Unite and Incorporate to the Minutest Part & Their Exact Proportions Agreeable to the Proportions of Numbers: Likewise, the Exact Difference Betwixt Greater and Lesser Intervals and How They Are Compounded Together in Musical Concordance: As Also, Where Greater and Lesser Tones and Semi-Tones Take Place in the Diatonick Scale and How Greater & Lesser Semi-Tones Arise in the Chromatick Scale. [London: s.n., ?, 1726] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/04007471/>.