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CC-H.774.031
10-17 May 1774:12 (490)
Psalmody. The subscriber takes this method to advertise his
customers and the public, that he is preparing to print a
new edition of the American Harmony, or, Tans'ur &
Williams's Musick. As his plates are much worn, he is
making new ones in their stead. Although his musick has met
with so general acceptance yet there are some pieces that
are but little used: He proposes in this new edition to have
such pieces out, and supply their places with a number of
pieces from different authors, such as he finds are most
generally esteemed by the best masters and musical
societies. He has taken great pains to collect from the
best societies and musical gentlemen in the country, the
choicest pieces that are to be met with. He also proposed
to make a considerable addition from Knap Stephenson, Lyon &
Billings some of them never yet published. He is determined
that every part of the work shall be well executed, and sold
as low as can possibly be afforded. He would also inform
the public, that he has nearly compleated The New Royal
Harmony, which will contain fifty plates in royal quarto, a
page larger than Williams's book of anthems, price bound six
shillings single, and five shillings four pence per dozen.
The above books will be sold by the book sellers at Boston
and Hartford. [signed] Daniel Bayley.
Newbury Port, April 3 1774.
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