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Book/Printed Material The compleat tutor for the harpsichord or spinnet : wherein is shewn the Italian manner of fingering, with suits of lessons for beginners & those who are already proficients on that instrument & the organ : with rules for tuneing the harpsichord or spinnet. Complete tutor for the harpsichord or spinnet

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Title

  • The compleat tutor for the harpsichord or spinnet : wherein is shewn the Italian manner of fingering, with suits of lessons for beginners & those who are already proficients on that instrument & the organ : with rules for tuneing the harpsichord or spinnet.

Other Title

  • Complete tutor for the harpsichord or spinnet

Names

  • Prelleur, Peter, 1705?-1741.
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, former owner.
  • Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [London] : Printed for & sold by Peter Thompson ... London, [1755]

Headings

  • -  Piano--Instruction and study--Early works to 1800
  • -  Harpsichord--Instruction and study--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Engraved throughout.
  • -  Forms the sixth part of Peter Prelleur's "Modern music master," London, 1738, where it appears under title "The harpsichord illustrated and improv'd." In the present edition the "Rules for attaining to play a thorough bass" are omitted and some of the musical examples are changed.
  • -  The British Library dates this item to 1755.
  • -  Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 4257
  • -  British Library. General catalogue, BLL01004711393
  • -  LAC knj 2019-09-04 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • [2], 33, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., music ; 22 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MT252.A2 C76
  • MT252.A2 C76 Copy 2 Forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Imperfect: wanting p. 33, [1]. Thomas Jefferson's copy.
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item ANON-102, Reel 219 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1984]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 04009442

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Prelleur, Peter, 1705?-1741, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. The compleat tutor for the harpsichord or spinnet: wherein is shewn the Italian manner of fingering, with suits of lessons for beginners & those who are already proficients on that instrument & the organ: with rules for tuneing the harpsichord or spinnet. [London: Printed for & sold by Peter Thompson ... London, 1755] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/04009442/.

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Prelleur, P., Jefferson, T. & Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. (1755) The compleat tutor for the harpsichord or spinnet: wherein is shewn the Italian manner of fingering, with suits of lessons for beginners & those who are already proficients on that instrument & the organ: with rules for tuneing the harpsichord or spinnet. [London: Printed for & sold by Peter Thompson ... London] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/04009442/.

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Prelleur, Peter, 1705?-1741, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. The compleat tutor for the harpsichord or spinnet: wherein is shewn the Italian manner of fingering, with suits of lessons for beginners & those who are already proficients on that instrument & the organ: with rules for tuneing the harpsichord or spinnet. [London: Printed for & sold by Peter Thompson ... London, 1755] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/04009442/>.