Author: Sacred Harmonic Society Library William Henry Husk

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-26

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 9781330872956

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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Library of the Sacred Harmonic Society The numerous additions to the Society's Library a have long rendered a new edition of its Catalogue a desideratum. A comparison of the present and former editions will best show the extent of the increase which has been made to the Library generally, as well as that of the additions to particular departments. It may, however, be stated that, whilst there is scarcely any department which has not received some accessions, there are several in which the additions have been very considerable. The Ecclesiastical Music, both printed and manuscript, has been materially increased, several Oratorios have been added, and the Collections of Songs and Instrumental Music have both been much augmented. Amongst the additions to the Collections of Songs is an edition, published in 1627, of the remarkably curious and interesting Dutch work, "Friesche Lust-hof," originally brought out at Amsterdam in 1621, under the editorship of J. J. Starter, an Englishman, containing many songs set to old English ballad tunes, some of which tunes have come down to us mainly through the medium of this book. But the greatest augmentation received by any department is in the Operas, in which the collection of English Operas and other musical pieces has been so largely increased as to render it, in all probability, unparalleled in extent, except, perhaps, in the great public libraries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Sacred Harmonic Society written by Sacred Harmonic Society Library William Henry Husk and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of the Library of the Sacred Harmonic Society The numerous additions to the Society's Library a have long rendered a new edition of its Catalogue a desideratum. A comparison of the present and former editions will best show the extent of the increase which has been made to the Library generally, as well as that of the additions to particular departments. It may, however, be stated that, whilst there is scarcely any department which has not received some accessions, there are several in which the additions have been very considerable. The Ecclesiastical Music, both printed and manuscript, has been materially increased, several Oratorios have been added, and the Collections of Songs and Instrumental Music have both been much augmented. Amongst the additions to the Collections of Songs is an edition, published in 1627, of the remarkably curious and interesting Dutch work, "Friesche Lust-hof," originally brought out at Amsterdam in 1621, under the editorship of J. J. Starter, an Englishman, containing many songs set to old English ballad tunes, some of which tunes have come down to us mainly through the medium of this book. But the greatest augmentation received by any department is in the Operas, in which the collection of English Operas and other musical pieces has been so largely increased as to render it, in all probability, unparalleled in extent, except, perhaps, in the great public libraries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.