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Commonplace book

Title
[Commonplace book], [ca. 1690-1720].
Physical Description
1 v. (ca. 275 l.) ; 10 x 15 cm.
Language
English
Provenance
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Summary
Holograph. England and the continent.
In several languages, chiefly containing musical material. Contents include: recipes and remedies, poems, an alphabetical list of the people known to Kusser, lists of various kinds of music, lists of tunings of various instruments, instructions for the preparation of a copper plate for engraving, 2 puzzle-counterpoints devised by Kusser, songs, a short treatise on the enharmonic scale, a tabulation of drum rhythms, a treatise on flute-playing, a long treatise on counterpoint, systems for bringing a spinet into equal temperament, notes on the cost of putting on a concert in Dublin, the registration of the organ at Trinity College, Dublin, and a list of 33 directions "What a virtuoso who comes to London should observe."
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Music Scores
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2005
References
Johann Sigmund Kusser, Commonplace Book. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Johann Sigmund Kusser, Commonplace Book. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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