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BPB.764.017
2 Jul 1764:42 (359)
Musick, and instruments, to be dispos'd of by a gentleman
from London, a large and curious collection of it in
manuscript (warranted correct) and in print, viz.
Italian and English operas and songs in score; and the
prettiest of 'em transpos'd into easy keys for the German
flute, violin, or harpsichord, &c. to accompany the voice;
they may be play'd either as lessons, or with the thorough
bass in the nature of Venetian ballads in 2 parts; they are
by Leo, Pergolese, Hasse, Galuppi, Handel, &c. Concerto's
by Vivaldi, Tessarini, Roger, Alberti, Corbet's 35 grand
ones (which imitates the taste of all the nations in the
world) Hasse, Boismortier, &c. McGibbon and Carusi's famous
and easy trio's; likewise Corelli's, Hasse's, Granoon's,
Bessossi's, Dotzel, Fliglio, Humphrey &c. Camini and
Gerard's very pretty and easy duets; likewise Seiss,
Dotzel's 12 nocturnals, the 55 new Militia Marches, Burney,
Nandot, Pond, Musicae Spiritus by Handel, 40 Tattoo's and
night pieces for serenading (18 divertimenti, and the
delightful Pocket Companion two books for 2 guitars) Great
variety for a violincello's, Col. Reid's pretty and easy
solo's, 2 vols. likewise Corelli, Hasse, Castrucci 2 vols.
Geminiani, Quants, Oswald's 4 Seasons, in 2 or 3 parts, &c.
Veracini, Popusch, [ ]ecilier, &c. All the old and new
Scotch songs and tunes, with their variations, and words by
Messi'rs Rutherford, Oswald, McGibbon and Bremuer in 27
vols.; Polly (and other opera's) by Mr. Gay, with 7 songs,
accompanied with the harpsichord or any instrument, at 30s.
O.T. The merry Mountebank, viz. humerous songs for the
voice and harpsichord, &c, at 15s, O.T. Pasquali's new art
of fingering the harpsichord; likewise his rules for
learning the thorough bass without a master; Handel, Smith,
and Roseingrave's lessons, Handel and Felton's organ
concerto's; Lampe's 60 musical Magaz. with the harpsichord,
with very 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 & 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 harpsichord, &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, lined &c 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 and 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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