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BNL.764.034
19 Jul 1764:43 (3152)
Musick, & Instruments, to be disposed of by a gentleman from
London;
A large and curious collection of it in manuscript
(warranted correct) and in print, viz. Italian and English
opera's and songs in score, and the prettiest of 'em
transpos'd into easy keys for the German flute, violin, or
harpsicord, &c. to accompany the voice; they may be play'd
either as lessons, or with the thoro' bass in the nature of
Venetian ballads in two parts; they are by Leo, Pergolese,
Hasse, Galuppi, Handel, &c. Concerto's; by Vivaldi,
Tessarini, Rugere Alberti, Corbets, 35 grand ones (which
imitates th tastes of all nations in the world) Hasse,
Boismortier, &c. McGibbon and Carusi's famous and easy
trios; likewise Corelli's, Hasse's, Granom's, Bessossi's,
Dorzel Figlio, Humphreys &c. Camini and Gerardi very pretty
and easy duets; likewise Seiss, Dotzel's 12 nocturnals. The
55 new militia marches, Burney, Nandot, Putti, Musicae
Spiritus by Handel; 40 tatoos and night pieces for
serenading ( 18 divertimenti and the delightful pocket
companion, 2 books for 2 guittars ) &c. Great variety for 2
violoncello's, Col Reid's pretty and easy solo's, 2 vols.
likewise Corelli, Hasse, Castrucci 2 vol. Geminiani,
Quants, Oswald's 4 seasons in 2 or 3 parts; Veracini,
Pepusch, L'aeeillet , &c. All the old and new Scotch songs
and tunes, with their variations and words by Messirs.
Rutherford, Oswald McGibbon and Bremmer in 27 vols. Polly
(and other operas) by Mr. Gay, with 71 songs accompanied
with the harpsicord, or any instrument, at 30s O.T.
Pasquali's new Art of fingering the harpsicord, likewise his
rules for learning the thorough bass without a master;
Handel, Smith and Roseingraves lessons, Handel and Felton's
organ concerto's, Lampes 60 musical magaz with the
harpsicord, with vast large and most beautiful copper plates
to each song, a great collection of old and new printed
English single songs with their musick; the fiddle new
modell'd (with 25 copper plates) or rules to play it well
without a master; old and new country dances, minuets, Scots
reels, marches, hornpipes, &c. in different books at 10s
O.T. each. Tutors for singing, and for all instruments
singly, and for transposing musick into proper keys for your
instrument, by Rutherford, Johnson and Thompson; pocket and
large rul'd books for the harpsicord, &c. some of the pocket
ones are almost filled with wrote songs, solo's. duets,
marches, jigs, minuets, &c. some good German flutes at 3
dollars apiece, others with 2 or 3 middle pieces to lower
the pitch to accompany the voice, or any wind instrument,
and a voice flute; common flutes of all sizes at a dollar
each, and upwards, some of 'em exceeding good; hautboys &
reeds; fiddles, line & corner stopt, to strengthen 'em, and
to prevent their unglewing in hot, or moist weather, from 3
dollars and upwards, some of 'em are the best made in
London; a tenor violin; a fine 6 string bass viol for a
girl, with its case; fiddle bows (and Giardini's new
invented ones) of all lengths, from 20s O.T. and upwards,
and spare nuts; fiddle (& bass viol) bridges, well season'd,
at 40s O.T. per doz. Pegs, tailpieces & breechpins; fiddle
& bass viol strings of all sizes and prices, from 30s O.T. a
bundle (viz. 30 strings) and upwards; with a great many
other things in the musical way. The above mostly collected
for his own use, in his travels thro' Italy, Germany,
France, Spain, and elsewhere; and now disposing of, as he is
to return soon to England. A new map of Virginia and
Maryland, with part of the Jerseys, Pennsylvania, and North
Carolina, on 8 sheets, with the waggon roads up to
Pittsburg, and the cross roads; very useful for those who
travel to the southward.--
N.B. He lodges at Mr. Richardson's the bottom of Cold Lane,
by Hanover street.
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