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This second volume of the Letters of Dr Charles Burney covers the years 1800-1806. During this period, Burney retired from teaching but continued to write and publish, including 1,752 general…
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This second volume of the Letters of Dr Charles Burney covers the years 1785-1793. During this period, Burney consolidated his reputation as a musicologist with two key publications, moved to…
Pierre Dubois
No better introduction to the aesthetic ethos of the eighteenth-century English organ can be found than in Charles Burney’s remarks disseminated in his various writings. This Element traces the evolution…
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Roger Lonsdale (Balliol College, Oxford)
Drawing on a wealth of unpublished material, this intimate study of one of the most engaging and energetic men of his age throws new light on his musical and literary…
Charles Burney
A General History Of Music From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period - Vol. 4 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1789. Hansebooks is editor…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
This biography, first published in 1796, recounts the life of Italian poet and librettist Pietro Trapassi (1698-1782). Alternating biographical narrative with translations of the poet’s correspondence, it provides a faithful…
Preludes, fugues, and interludes, for the organ - Alphabetically arranged in all the keys that are most perfectly in tune upon that instrument, & printed in a pocket size for…
Charles Burney: Tagebuch einer musikalischen Reise Entstanden zwischen 1770 und 1772. Hier in der UEbersetzung von C. D. Ebeling. Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2018. Textgrundlage sind die Ausgaben…
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Charles Burney: Tagebuch einer musikalischen Reise. Durch Frankreich, Italien, Flandern, die Niederlande und am Rhein bis Wien, durch Boehmen, Sachsen, Brandenburg, Hamburg und Holland Lesefreundlicher Grossdruck in 16-pt-Schrift Grossformat, 210…
An Essay towards a History of the Principal Comets that Have Appeared since the Year 1742 - Including a Particular Detail of the Return of the Famous Comet of 1682…
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Abate Metastasio is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1796. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic…
A general history of Music - from the earliest ages to the present periode is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1782. Hansebooks is editor of the…
Nachricht von Georg Friedrich Handels Lebensumstanden ist ein unveranderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1785. Hansebooks ist Herausgeber von Literatur zu unterschiedlichen Themengebieten wie Forschung und Wissenschaft, Reisen…
Charles Burney: Tagebuch einer musikalischen Reise. Durch Frankreich, Italien, Flandern, die Niederlande und am Rhein bis Wien, durch Boehmen, Sachsen, Brandenburg, Hamburg und Holland Entstanden zwischen 1770 und 1772. Hier…
The A to Z of the Hittites covers Hittite civilization from its origins through hundreds of entries on important persons, places, essential institutions, and the significant aspects of the society…
""An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster Abbey and the Pantheon, May 26, 27, 29 and June 3, 5, 1784, in Commemoration of Handel"" is a book written by…
