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Paper, 'Treatise on harmony containing the chief rules for composing in 2, 3 and 4 parts... by an admirer of this agreeable science' [by James Paisley]

Reference number: CLP/22ii/53

Date: 1731

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Printed at London in 1731.

Subject: Music

Reference number
CLP/22ii/53
Earliest possible date
1731
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
10 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Treatise on harmony containing the chief rules for composing in 2, 3 and 4 parts... by an admirer of this agreeable science' [by James Paisley], 1731, CLP/22ii/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22ii_53/paper-treatise-on-harmony-containing-the-chief-rules-for-composing-in-2-3-and-4-parts-by-an-admirer-of-this-agreeable-science-by-james-paisley, accessed on 25 March 2025

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