{"product_id":"a-musical-dictionary-szsbastien-de-brossard-9781385515679","title":"A Musical Dictionary: Containing a Full Explanation of all the Terms Made use of in the Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Parts of Musi","description":"The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.\u003cbr\u003eThe eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. \u003cbr\u003e++++\u003cbr\u003eThe below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: \u003cbr\u003e++++\u003cbr\u003eBritish Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eT112419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn fact a translation of the 'Dictionnaire de musique' by Sébastien de Brossard. A reissue of the edition printed for J. Wilcox, 1740, with a new half-title and titlepage, and to which has been added: 'Appendix to Grassineau's Musical dictionary' with se\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon: printed for J. Robson, 1769. xii,347, [1];[4],52p., plates: music, engr.music; 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sébastien de Brossard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1385515678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781385515679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gale Ecco, Print Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d","brand":"Sébastien de Brossard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48438903963903,"sku":"9781385515679","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a69422cb-4443-45c8-a361-08204b628340.jpg?v=1777174113","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-musical-dictionary-szsbastien-de-brossard-9781385515679","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}