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The art of singing; in three parts: viz. I. The musical primer, II. The Christian harmony, III. The musical magazine

Title
The art of singing; [electronic resource] : in three parts: viz. I. The musical primer, II. The Christian harmony, III. The musical magazine. / By Andrew Law, A.M. author of the Select harmony, Rudiments of music, &c. ; Published according to act of Congress. Part I[-III].
Published
Cheshire; Connecticut: : [Printed and sold by William Law], M.DCC.XCIV. [i.e., 1794-1796]
Physical Description
16 p., 17-32 p. of plates; 6, [2] p., 9-64 p. of plates; vii, [1] p., 9-56 p. of plates; 4 p., 64 p. of plates : music ; 13 x 22 cm.
Local Notes
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Notes
Each part also issued separately. Part II, The Christian harmony, is in 2 v., the 2nd published in 1796. Part I and v. 1 and 2 of Part II each have a general title page (i.e., for The art of singing) and a special title page with the title for the part. Part III, The musical magazine, has special title page only. Described on that title page as "Number first" and with imprint date of 1792, it in fact contains numbers 1-4, first published separately, 1792-1795, here collected and accompanied by an index.
Printer's name from general title pages to Part II, v. 1 and 2, and from title page to The musical magazine.
According to Evans, the plates were engraved by Amos Doolittle and printed by William Law, while the letterpress printing was done by Elisha Babcock. Crawford identifies Samuel Doolittle as engraver of the plates. Page 64 of The musical magazine signed: S Doolitle, sculp. Cf. Crawford, R.A. Andrew Law, American psalmodist, 1968, p. 120.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 27204).
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Other formats
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 18, 2006
References
Evans, C. American bibliography, 27204
Trumbull, J.H. List of books printed in Connecticut, 1709-1800, 2315
Genre/Form
Hymnals.
Textbooks.
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