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Book/Printed Material The art of playing thorough bass with correctness according to the true principles of composition, fully explained by a great variety of examples in various stiles, to which are added by way of suppliment [sic] six lessons of accompaniment. For the particular practice and improvement of the studious. The whole being designed for the use of such young composers & performers in general as are desirous of being well grounded in the science of harmony

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  • The art of playing thorough bass with correctness according to the true principles of composition, fully explained by a great variety of examples in various stiles, to which are added by way of suppliment [sic] six lessons of accompaniment. For the particular practice and improvement of the studious. The whole being designed for the use of such young composers & performers in general as are desirous of being well grounded in the science of harmony

Names

  • Heck, Johann Caspar, 1740-

Created / Published

  • London : Preston, [1793]

Headings

  • -  Continuo--Early works to 1800

Medium

  • 99 p. : music ; 34 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MT49 .H39 1793
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item H-021b, Reel 89 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1982]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 59059502

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Heck, Johann Caspar. The art of playing thorough bass with correctness according to the true principles of composition, fully explained by a great variety of examples in various stiles, to which are added by way of suppliment sic six lessons of accompaniment. For the particular practice and improvement of the studious. The whole being designed for the use of such young composers & performers in general as are desirous of being well grounded in the science of harmony. [London: Preston, 1793] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/59059502/.

APA citation style:

Heck, J. C. (1793) The art of playing thorough bass with correctness according to the true principles of composition, fully explained by a great variety of examples in various stiles, to which are added by way of suppliment sic six lessons of accompaniment. For the particular practice and improvement of the studious. The whole being designed for the use of such young composers & performers in general as are desirous of being well grounded in the science of harmony. [London: Preston] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/59059502/.

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Heck, Johann Caspar. The art of playing thorough bass with correctness according to the true principles of composition, fully explained by a great variety of examples in various stiles, to which are added by way of suppliment sic six lessons of accompaniment. For the particular practice and improvement of the studious. The whole being designed for the use of such young composers & performers in general as are desirous of being well grounded in the science of harmony. [London: Preston, 1793] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/59059502/>.