Music Articles In Rees's Cyclopaedia
The music articles in Rees's Cyclopaedia, Rees's ''Cyclopaedia'' were Charles Burney, Charles Burney's (1726-1814) final literary production, and form in effect the ''Dictionary of Music'' he never wrote. There were additional articles by John Farey, Sr. (1766-1826), and John Farey, Jr. (1791-1851). The listings show there are 1971 articles in total: Burney, 1752 (996 general music plus 756 biographies), Farey Sr. 215, and Farey Jr. 4. The complete texts and plates are available on the website of the Burney Centre at McGill University. The articles were to be illustrated by 63 engraved plates as well as numerous examples of music, typeset within text matter of the articles. There were to be 38 plates of musical examples illustrating fingering, counterpoint etc., 15 illustrating musical instruments, 4 illustrating the organ, 4 illustrating dramatic machinery, and 2 miscellaneous plates of with more musical instruments. According to a note added to the catalogue of plates in Vol 39 ...
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