The royal melody compleat: or, The new harmony of Sion In three books. Containing I. A new and correct introduction to the grounds of musick, rudimental, practical, and techmical. II. A new and compleat body of church musick, adapted to the most select portions of the book of Psalms, of either versions; with many fuging chorus's, and Gloria Patri's to the whole. III. A new, and select number of services, chants, hymns, anthems, and canons, suited to several occasions; and many of them never before printed; set by the greatest masters in the world. The whole are composed in two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight, mysical parts, according to the nicest rules; consisting of soul's fuges, and choras's correctly set in score for voices, or organ: and fitted for all teachers, learnrss, and musical societies, &c. With a preface on church-musick, shewing the beauty and excellency thereof. The second edition. By William Tans'ur, Senior, musico theorico

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Tans'ur, William
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London Printed by R. Brown, for S. Crowder, over-against St. Magnu's Church, London-Bridge; also, sold by the author, and by his son, late chorister of Trinity-College, Cambridge, who teach the same 1760, M.DCC.LX [1760]
Subjects:	Hymns, English / Early Works To 1800 Psalmody / Early Works To 1800
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/1731300300?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa