The Rounds, Catches and Canons of England; a Collection of Specimens of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, adapted to modern use. The words, revised, adapted or re-written by J. P. Metcalfe. The music selected ... and an Introductory Essay on the Rise ... of the Round, Catch and Canon; also, Biographical notices of the composers, written by E. F. Rimbault, etc


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Bibliotheca Somersetensis


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The English Glee in the Reign of George III


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This book presents history an analysis of the English glee, a neglected art form popular in England during the time of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. With an introduction, bibliography, indices, music examples, tables and figures.