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Title

  • Malcolm's Treatise of music, speculative, practical, and historical, corrected and abridged, by an eminent musician ...

Names

  • Malcolm, Alexander, 1685-1763.

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for J. French, M.DCC.LXXVI [1776]

Headings

  • -  Music theory--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  First edition, Edinburgh, 1721.
  • -  "This work is neither corrected, abridged nor improved ... It consists of entire chapters taken verbatim from the original, omitting only the most useful."--Ms. note on t.p. signed: E. H. (Edward Hodges).

Medium

  • 1 p. l., 104 p. : ill., music ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MT6 .M227 1776
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item M-014c, Reel 116 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1983]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 20018780

Online Format

  • image

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The contents of the Library of Congress Books About Music Before 1800 Collection are in the public domain and are free to use or reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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Malcolm, Alexander. Malcolm's Treatise of music, speculative, practical, and historical, corrected and abridged, by an eminent musician. [London: Printed for J. French, M.DCC.LXXVI, 1776] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/20018780/.

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Malcolm, A. (1776) Malcolm's Treatise of music, speculative, practical, and historical, corrected and abridged, by an eminent musician. [London: Printed for J. French, M.DCC.LXXVI] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/20018780/.

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Malcolm, Alexander. Malcolm's Treatise of music, speculative, practical, and historical, corrected and abridged, by an eminent musician. [London: Printed for J. French, M.DCC.LXXVI, 1776] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/20018780/>.