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Paper, 'Of modes of tones in the ancient Graecian music' by Francis Haskins Eyles Stiles

Reference number: L&P/3/413

Date: 1759

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Contains tables.

Subject: Musicology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An explanation of the modes or tones in the antient Græcian music; by Sir Francis Haskins Eyles Stiles, Bart. F. R. S'

Read January 1760

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L&P/3/413
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1759
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Ink on paper
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67 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles

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Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles, Paper, 'Of modes of tones in the ancient Graecian music' by Francis Haskins Eyles Stiles, 1759, L&P/3/413, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_413/paper-of-modes-of-tones-in-the-ancient-graecian-music-by-francis-haskins-eyles-stiles, accessed on 15 October 2024

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