Citation - Pennsylvania Journal: 1763.08.25

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Index Entry Ballads, Venetian, duets by Leo, Pergolese, Hasse, Galuppi, Handel, for sale 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PJ.763.055
25 Aug 1763:33 (1081)
Musick and instruments to be disposed of, by a gentleman
from London, in manuscript and in print, viz.
Concertos, sonata's, solo's, duets, Italian and English
songs inscore, and the prittiest of them transpos'd into
easy keys, for the German flute, violin, or harpsichord to
accompany the voice; they may be play'd either lesson ways,
or with the thoro' bass in the nature of Venetian ballads in
2 parts; they are by Leo, Pergolese, Hasse, Galuppi, Handel,
&c. McGibbon and Carusi's famous easy, and very pritty
trio's, Camini, Handel, and Gerards, Seifs's and Dotrels 12
nocturnals, Colol. Reids famous solo's.  All the old and new
Scots songs, and tunes with the variations by Messrs. Munro,
Rutherford, Oswald, McGibbon, and Bremner.  Polly, an opera
(and other opera's) by Mr. Gay, with the musick for the
voice accompanied with the harpsichord, or any other
instrument.  The merry mountebank viz. humurous songs with
the musick and accompaments, Lampe's 60 famous songs with
the thorough bass, with vast large copper plates to each
song.  Guittar and harpsichord musick.  Pasquali's new art
of fingering, likewise his rules for playing the thorough
bass without a master.  Cromes fiddle new modelled by way of
question and answer (with many copper plates) or rules to
play it well without a master.  New country dances, minuets,
Scots ruels, march's, hornpipes &c. in different books. 
Instructions for singing and for all instruments, singly,
and for transposing musick into proper keys for your
instrument.  Pocket and large tul'd books for the
harpsichord &c. some of the pocket ones fill'd with songs,
solo's, duets, march's, gig's, minuets &c.  Good German
flutes at 3 dollars a piece; others with 2, or 3 middle
pieces to lower the pitch to accompany the voice, or any
wind instrument.  Fiddles lined and corner stopt, to
strengthen them to prevent their unglewing in hot, or moist
weather, at all prices from 3 dollars.  A tenor violin.  A
fine small 6 stringed bass viol.  Hautboys and reeds. 
Common flutes of all sizes, some of them exceeding fine. 
Fife's of all sizes.  Fiddle (and bass viole) bridges well
season'd at 6 s. per doz.  Peg's breech pins, tail pieces
&c.   Fiddle bows, (and Giardini's new invented ones) of all
lengths, constructions and quality's from 3 s, each and
upwards, and spare nuts.  Fiddle, bass, viol, and tenor
strings of all sorts, sizes and prices from 5 s. a bundle
(viz 30 strings) and upwards, with a great many other things
in the musical way.
N.B.  He lodges at Mr. McAulay's, stone cutter in Second
Street, adjoining Union-Street.


Generic Title Pennsylvania Journal 
Date 1763.08.25 
Publisher Bradford, William 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1763 
Bibliography B0038646
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