Lyric airs : consisting of specimens of Greek, Albanian, Walachian, Turkish, Arabian, Persian, Chinese and Moorish 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 / most respectfully dedicated to Mrs. Musters, by the editor Edward Jones.
Published / Created:
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.
Physical Description:
vi, 24, 32 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., music ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Frontispiece etching by Thomas Rowlandson; after Lewis Mayer.
Subject Terms:
National songs. | Music, Greek and Roman. | Dance -- Greece.
Form/Genre:
Etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1804.
Contributors:
Mayer, Luigi, ill. | Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827, engraver.