Early Music: Rare Music Manuscripts, Printed Music and Books from the Library of Arnold Dolmetsch (1858-1940)

Early Music: Rare Music Manuscripts, Printed Music and Books from the Library of Arnold Dolmetsch (1858-1940)

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D.G. Türk. Kurze Anweisung zum Generalbaßspielen, 1791

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Türk, Daniel Gottlob


Kurze Anweisung zum Generalbaßspielen, Leipzig: Schwickert, 1791


FIRST EDITION, 2 leaves, 307 pages, [1] p., 8vo (20.7 x 13cm), ownership inscription ‘Weisse’ to title-page, manuscript annotations in same hand to blank unnumbered leaf, Dolmetsch Library stamp and pencil shelfmark ("II C 20") to verso of title, later boards, Dolmetsch Library label to spine, corners rubbed, some spotting


Treatise on the Generalbass, or basso continuo, by the German composer and organist, Daniel Gottlob Türk. 


LITERATURE:

Gregory & Bartlett, p.275

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