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Book/Printed Material Observations on the present state of music and musicians. With general rules for studying music ... in order to promote the further cultivation and improvement of this difficult science. The whole illustrated with ... remarks, intended for the service of its practitioners in general. With the characters of some of the most eminent masters of music. To which is added, A scheme for erecting and supporting a musical academy in this kingdom

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  • Observations on the present state of music and musicians. With general rules for studying music ... in order to promote the further cultivation and improvement of this difficult science. The whole illustrated with ... remarks, intended for the service of its practitioners in general. With the characters of some of the most eminent masters of music. To which is added, A scheme for erecting and supporting a musical academy in this kingdom

Names

  • Potter, John

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for C. Henderson, M.DCC.LXII [1762]

Headings

  • -  Music--Instruction and study

Genre

  • Bookplates (Provenance)--DLC

Notes

  • -  Interspers'd in my lectures read at Gresham-college last Easter and Trinity terms"--Advertisement.
  • -  LC Copy: Ex libris: Fitchett, John.
  • -  LAC ael 2021-05-20 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 4 p. l., 108 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML195 .P82
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item P-055, Reel 158 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

  • 09007854

OCLC Number

  • 14170131

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  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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Potter, John. Observations on the present state of music and musicians. With general rules for studying music ... in order to promote the further cultivation and improvement of this difficult science. The whole illustrated with ... remarks, intended for the service of its practitioners in general. With the characters of some of the most eminent masters of music. To which is added, A scheme for erecting and supporting a musical academy in this kingdom. [London: Printed for C. Henderson, M.DCC.LXII, 1762] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/09007854/.

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Potter, J. (1762) Observations on the present state of music and musicians. With general rules for studying music ... in order to promote the further cultivation and improvement of this difficult science. The whole illustrated with ... remarks, intended for the service of its practitioners in general. With the characters of some of the most eminent masters of music. To which is added, A scheme for erecting and supporting a musical academy in this kingdom. [London: Printed for C. Henderson, M.DCC.LXII] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/09007854/.

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Potter, John. Observations on the present state of music and musicians. With general rules for studying music ... in order to promote the further cultivation and improvement of this difficult science. The whole illustrated with ... remarks, intended for the service of its practitioners in general. With the characters of some of the most eminent masters of music. To which is added, A scheme for erecting and supporting a musical academy in this kingdom. [London: Printed for C. Henderson, M.DCC.LXII, 1762] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/09007854/>.