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Fyvie FLC-19 RBW 1454 Medulla Musicae; | Being a | Choice Collection of Airs, | viz, | Allemands, Sarabands, Gavotts, Jiggs, | Minuets, & other valuable Pieces, | Extracted from the | Works of the most Celebrated Masters. | viz, | Corelli, | Bomporti, | Torelli, | Tibaldi, | Albinoni, | Bononcini, | Pepusch, | St. Helene &c. | In Two Volumes, Treble & Bass, | The Bass Figur'd for the Harpsichord, | A Work of this Kind never before attempted, | Colligit R.M. Philomusicus, | Vol.1. | Songs, first & second Pack of | Musical Cards, Mr. Handel's Operas. viz, Julius Caesar, | Tamerlane, Rodelinda, Scipio, Alexander &c. pp.1-124 (Each item has an inked no. added from 1 to 135, with "Bessie Bell"; "The Last Time I came o'er the Moor"; and "The Banks of Spey" (this a few pages further on and written upside down) all added in MS in this copy with treble and bass parts but no figuring) 'R.M. Philomusicus' is almost certainly Richard Meares, one of the most important music publishers in London at the time. Short Title > Medulla musicae, vol. 1: songs |