A Musical Dictionary; Being A Collection Of Terms And Characters, As Well Ancient As Modern; Including The Historical, Theoretical, And Practical ... Best Authors ... By James Grassineau, Gent

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 century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T135522 In fact a translation of the 'Dictionnaire de musique' by S?astien de Brossard. Printer's name from colophon. With a half-title. In this issue, the first word of the title is over the "i" of "dictionary", and the "J" in the imprint is over "h" of "Chu London: printed [by C. Jephson] for J. Wilcox, 1740. xii,347, [1]p., plates: music, engr.music; 8?9781379480488 1379480485 368 NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=Ef8rzwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: S?astien de Brossard
• • Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
• • Publication Date: Apr 18, 2018
• • Number of Pages: 368 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1379480485
• • ISBN-13: 9781379480488