'Attempt to explain the principles on which the science of music is founded' by Boyce
MS. Don. c. 136
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'Attempt to explain the principles on which the science of music is founded' by Boyce
Shelfmark
MS. Don. c. 136
Summary
'Attempt to explain the principles on which the science of music is founded' by Boyce, consisting of tables of intervals expressed numerically, an account of each interval and its place in ascending and descending scales, and rules for its treatment in composition, c. 1777-8. Notes by Overend and Callcott appear throughout. Letters from Boyce to Overend, 30 Aug. 1777 and 8 Oct. 1778, are on fols.iv and i.
Copyright assigned to John Wall Callcott by Mary Overend, 20 April 1795.
Date
c. 1777-1778
Language
English
Physical facet
Calf binding, repaired for the Royal Institution
Physical extent
188 pages
Acquisition
Bought by Overend from Boyce's widow, 29th March 1779.
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Collection contents
Papers Relating to Musical Theory
'Attempt to explain the principles on which the science of music is founded' by Boyce
