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BG.764.012
16 Jul 1764:33 (485)
Musick & Instruments, To be disposed of by a gentleman from
London;
A large and curious collection of it in manuscripts
(warranted correct) and in point, viz. Italian and English
opera's and songs in score, and the prettiest of 'em
transposed into easy keys for the German flute, violin, or
harpsicord, &c. to accompany the voice; they may be play'd
either as lessons, or the thorough bass in the nature of
Venetian ballads in two parts; they are by Leo, Pergolise,
Hasse, Galuppi, Handel, &c. concerto's; by Vivaldi,
Tessarini, Ruger, Alberti, Corbets, 35 grand ones (which
imitates the 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,
Dotzel 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 peices for
serenading (18 divertimenti and the delightful Pocket
Companion, 2 books for 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'aeillet, &c. All the old and new Scotch songs
and tunes, with their variations and words by Messirs.
Rutherford, Oswald, McGibbon and Bremner in 27 vols. Polly
(and other operas); by Mr. Gay with the musick for the voice
and harpsicord, or any instrument, at 30s. O. T. The merry
Mountebank, viz. humerous songs for the voice and
harpsicord, &c. at 15s. 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 Felwin's organ concerto's.
Lampes 60 famous songs 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 flutes of all sizes at a dollar
each, and upwards, some of 'em exceeding good; hautboys &
reeds; fiddles, lined & 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, wtih 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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