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'A Summary Account by Dr Brook Taylor of a new System of Musick by M Rameau formerly Organist of the Cathedral Church of Clermont in Auvergne'

Reference number: RBO/13/17

Date: 1727

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Read to the Royal Society on 18 January 1727

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RBO/13/17
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1727
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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'A Summary Account by Dr Brook Taylor of a new System of Musick by M Rameau formerly Organist of the Cathedral Church of Clermont in Auvergne', 1727, RBO/13/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_13_17/a-summary-account-by-dr-brook-taylor-of-a-new-system-of-musick-by-m-rameau-formerly-organist-of-the-cathedral-church-of-clermont-in-auvergne, accessed on 10 December 2025

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