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Charles Burney (musician and author) manuscript material : 1 item
- Title
- Charles Burney (musician and author) manuscript material : 1 item, 1792
- Author
- Burney, Charles, 1726-1814.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz MS | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Description
- 1 item
- Summary
- · Holograph report (draft?) : 1792 : (MISC 0963) : 2 p.; with suggestions on the formation of a musical band to accompany Lord Macartney on his 1792 mission to China, with assesments of the musical tastes of the Chinese people; begins, "A band of Instrumental Musicians, consisting of 6 performers, wd be able to execute the greatest variety of good compositions ...; also including, "Harmony, or music in different parts, seems to be utterly uncultivated & unknown in every part of the world except Europe." At the end of the manuscript is a note in Burney's hand, "For Lord Macartney when preparing for him a band to attend his Lordp. in his Chinese Embassy, 1792."
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- Charles Burney, British musician and author. He is the father of Frances Burney, Madame d'Arblay, the writer.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 77744151
- Author
- Burney, Charles, 1726-1814.
- Title
- Charles Burney (musician and author) manuscript material : 1 item, 1792
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Charles Burney, British musician and author. He is the father of Frances Burney, Madame d'Arblay, the writer.
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- Found In:
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS