| Title | The Royal Melody Compleat: or, The New Harmony of Sion. In Three Books. By William Tans'ur, Senior; Musico Theorico. Ps. cxlix. Ver.I.
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| Edition | Third Edition. |
| Published | London, Printed by R. Brown, for S. Crowder, T. Longman, and M. Richardson, in Paternoster-Row; also sold by the Author, and by his Son, late Chorister of Trinity College, Cambridge; who Teach the same, 1764.
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| Description | [1], 254, [4] p. front.(port.) 13 x 21 cm.
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| General Note | Title-page within ornamental border; psalm verse text omitted from above description.
For 2-8 parts, for voices and/or organ.
"Set by the Greatest Masters in the World. For Publick, and Private Use.--The whole are Composed in Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, and Eight Musical Parts, according to the nicest Rules; Consisting of Solo's, Fuges, and Chorus's, Correctly set in Score, for Voices, or Organ: and fitted for all Teachers, Learners, and Musical Societies, &c. With a Preface on Church-Musick, shewing the Beauty and Excellency thereof: and several useful Tables."
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| Formatted Note | Contents: I. A New and Correct, Introduction to the Grounds of Musick, Rurdimental, Practical, and Technical.--II. A New, and Compleat Body of Church Musick, adapted to the most select Portions of the Book of Psalms, of either Versions; With many Fuging Chorus's and Gloria Patri's to the Whole.--III. A New, and Select, Number of Services, Chants, Hymns, Anthems, and Canons, suited to several Occassions; and many of them never before printed.
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| Subjects | Church music.
Hymns, English.
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| Other Authors | Tans'ur, William, 1699?-1783.
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| Related Titles | New harmony of Sion.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: M 2136 T168 1764
mq29865: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 22752] |
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