{"product_id":"a-short-title-catalogue-of-music-printed-before-1825-in-the-fitzwilliam-museum-cambridge-paperback-9780521136815","title":"A Short-Title Catalogue of Music Printed before 1825 in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Paperback) 9780521136815","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Short-Title Catalogue of Music Printed before 1825 in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe collection of pre-1825 printed music in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, here catalogued for the first time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eValerie Rumbold (Edited by), Iain Fenlon (Edited by), Michael Jaffé (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521136815, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 25 February 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e204 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 1.1 cm, 0.33 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...the generally high quality of Dr. Rumbold's citations and eleven handsome illustrations, may be argued to be quite what the original owner would today have wished for.\"   D.W. Krummel, Analytical \u0026amp; Enumerative Bibliography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe collection of pre-1825 printed music in the Fitzwilliam Museum is one of the most important in the British Isles after the British Library and the Bodleian Library, particularly for its holdings of late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century music, areas in which the collection is noticeably strong. Many of the books are from the library of the Museum's founder, Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion and of Thorncastle (1745–1816), one of the finest collections of the later eighteenth century that not only continued to grow in the early nineteenth but also survived intact. This in itself makes Fitzwilliam's collection of music a fascinating monument in the history of musical taste. Italian music looms large, but his interests were also broad enough to include French music by then unfashionable composers such as Lalande, Lully and Rameau, as well as the works of English seventeenth-century composers. The collection, considerably enriched by subsequent donations, is here fully catalogued for the first time.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Foreword Michael Jaffe\u003cbr\u003e Viscount Fitzwilliam, Collector of Ancient Music Valerie Rumbold and Iain Fenlon\u003cbr\u003e Preface Valerie Rumbold\u003cbr\u003e Catalogue\u003cbr\u003e Numerical list\u003cbr\u003e Chronological list of the Founder's collection.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Musical scores, lyrics \u0026amp; libretti [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Musical scores, lyrics \u0026amp; libretti\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Musical%20scores,%20lyrics%20\u0026amp;%20libretti%20%5BAVQ%5D%22\"\u003eAVQ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46297210650904,"sku":"9780521136815","price":26.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-short-title-catalogue-of-music-printed-before-1825-in-the-fitzwilliam-museum-cambridge-paperback-9780521136815","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}