"Music Book" contains dance music in treble clef. "Joseph Cabot"; "Nathaniel Lee"; "Wendal
Published 1784. Free to read and download from Internet Archive.
Description
Handwritten music on potentially hand-drawn staves in one bound volume inscribed "Music Book" on front cover. The volume contains a number of names on the inside covers, including "Joseph Cabot of Salem"; "Nathaniel Lee"; "Nat. Lee. Dummer"; "Wendall"; and "John Bartlett... Harvard College, Cambridge" on a lyric sheet in the middle of the volume. Also on the inside cover are inscribed the words "Abrahamus W." and "Nohander," which could possibly be nicknames for the other agents identified. The book contains mostly dance tunes - marches, minuets, and cotillions. The following songs titles are included: Trumpet Minuet Lee The Lady’s breast knot Gilderoy March for the 35th Regiment (crossed out) Wrong Wrong Wrong Wrong Frog + Mouse Lord Hoberness’(?) Minuet Prince Frederich’s March The Maid of the Mill Marionett Batillon March for the 35th Regiment Grenadiers March Minuet to Prince Frederi
- Date
- 1784
- Language
- eng
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US
Subjects
Read online ↗ Details at Internet Archive ↗
More from the library
- Outside The Dance Pavilion
- Dancing societies of the Sarsi Indians
- Chicken Reel Two Step And Buck Dance (Joseph M. Daly)
- "Music Book" inscribed "Hamilton Mass AD 1841 Wm. A. Brown."
- Summer Playgrounds. Prize Dancing Contest. Washington Street Playground
- 1928 Nehalem Valley High School Student Paper: "The Senior Weakly"