[A new assistant for the piano-forte or harpsichord : containing the necessary rudiments for beginners, with twelve airs or short lessons, progressively arrang'd : to which is added, six sonatas, one of which is adapted for two performers; with preludes, rules for thorough bass, a short dictionary of musical terms. &c

Name:

Linley, Francis, 1774-1800; Carr, Benjamin, 1768-1831

Timespan:

18th century

Date:

1796

Language:

English

Publisher:

[printed & sold by I. Carr at his music store];[and by B. Carr at his musical repositorys]

Subject:

Piano -- Methods; Piano; Harpsichord; Harpsichord -- Methods; Piano -- Studies and exercises; Harpsichord -- Studies and exercises; Piano music; Harpsichord music; Sonatas (Piano); Sonatas (Harpsichord); Music -- Instruction and study; Music -- 18th century -- Dictionaries; Music

Resource Type:

Still Image

Form/Genre:

Methods (Music); Studies and exercises; Piano music; Dictionaries; Notated music; scores (documents for music)

Physical Description:

1 score (32 pages); 34 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Library copy wanting title page and p. 1-2; title paragraph and publisher information taken from Sonneck-Upton: Early secular American music, p. 289.; "N.B. : The lessons, sonatas & preludes have their fingering mark'd".; "The six sonatas are unquestionably compositions of Benjamin Carr" -- Cf. Sonneck-Upton.; Table of contents: Rudiments -- Twelve airs or short lessons progressively arrang'd -- Six sonatas -- Short preludes for beginners -- An improving exercise in 8 of the principal major keys -- A second set of preludes -- Rules for thoro'bass -- Another method of finding several of the chords -- Table of the intervals -- A short dictionary of musical terms.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Folio M1.A13 K4 Box 3, no. 1

Collection:

Keffer Collection of Sheet Music (University of Pennsylvania)