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Notated Music A concise treatise on thorough bass, with practical lessons selected from the most eminent composers, with their melodies for a violin, or German flute, illustrated with a variety of examples which at once renders the practice both easy and pleasant

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Title

  • A concise treatise on thorough bass, with practical lessons selected from the most eminent composers, with their melodies for a violin, or German flute, illustrated with a variety of examples which at once renders the practice both easy and pleasant

Names

  • Nicholson, James, active 1800

Created / Published

  • London : Printed & sold at Bland & Weller's Music Warehouse, [1796?]

Headings

  • -  Continuo--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Engraved throughout.
  • -  "Table of chords."--Verso of 2nd prelim. leaf.

Medium

  • 8 p., 61 p. of music ; 25 x 33 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MT49.N5 C6
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item N-022, Reel 145 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1983]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.
  • MT49 .C78 Copy 2. Lacks t.p. With: Thorough bass simplified / by Joseph Corfe. London : Printed and pub. by Preston at his wholesale warehouses, 97 Strand, [1805?] Bound together subsequent to publication.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 42044254

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Nicholson, James, Active 1800. A concise treatise on thorough bass, with practical lessons selected from the most eminent composers, with their melodies for a violin, or German flute, illustrated with a variety of examples which at once renders the practice both easy and pleasant. [London: Printed & sold at Bland & Weller's Music Warehouse, ?, 1796] Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/42044254/.

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Nicholson, J. (1796) A concise treatise on thorough bass, with practical lessons selected from the most eminent composers, with their melodies for a violin, or German flute, illustrated with a variety of examples which at once renders the practice both easy and pleasant. [London: Printed & sold at Bland & Weller's Music Warehouse, ?] [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/42044254/.

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Nicholson, James, Active 1800. A concise treatise on thorough bass, with practical lessons selected from the most eminent composers, with their melodies for a violin, or German flute, illustrated with a variety of examples which at once renders the practice both easy and pleasant. [London: Printed & sold at Bland & Weller's Music Warehouse, ?, 1796] Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/42044254/>.