BIBFRAME Instance
Title
Lyric airs
Subtitle
consisting of specimens of Greek, Albanian, Walachian, Turkish, Arabian, Persian, Chinese, and Morrish national songs and melodies, (being the first selection of the kind ever yet offered to the public:) to which are added, basses for the harp, or piano-forte : likewise are subjoined, a few explanatory notes on the figures and movements of the modern Greek dances, with a short dissertation on the origin of the ancient Greek music
Identified by
- Lccn: 01002047 (canceled or invalid)
- Lccn: 2020564440
Note
- "Price, 15s. Entered at Stationers' Hall"--Title page.
- RISM (Répertoire international des sources musicales),
- Includes "A short dissertation on the origin of the ancient Greek music, by the editor" preceding score.
- Includes color frontispiece of dancing women, with quotation by Phrynichus.
- Printed from engraved plates.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "Published according to the Act of Parliament by Ed. Jones, no. 3, Green Street, Grosvenor Square, London, July 1st, 1804"--Frontispiece caption.
- Folk melodies for harp or piano.
Dimensions
34 cm
Extent
1 score (vi, 24, 32 pages)
Provision Activity
Publication Statement
London: printed for the author, and sold at No. 3, in Green-street, near Grosvenor-Square, by G. & J. Robinson, in Paternoster Row, and by John White, at Horace's-Head, in Fleet-Street, 1804
Responsibility Statement
most respectfully dedicated to Mrs. Musters, by the editor, Edward Jones, bard to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
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Issuance
Carrier
Admin Metadata
- Date: 2026-09-11T20:20:58.163611+00:00
- Agent: cbc
- Status: c
- Derived from: 23851676
Admin Metadata
- Date: 2026-09-11
- Cataloger id: Unknown
- Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
- Description language: eng
- Description authentication: pcc