Two Cantata's, and Six Songs, Set to Musick. by B. Gunn, ...

By Barnabas Gunn

Book Overview

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 LibraryT155433The titlepage, dedication and list of subscribers are in letterpress, with leaves of engraved music.Gloucester: printed by R. Raikes, 1736. iv,7, 1]p.,16leaves: engr.music; 4

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 114089224X
• ISBN13: 9781140892243
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
• Length: 34 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.4" x 9.7"