Details

Subjects:

English ballads and songs.
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500.
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
Music -- England -- History and criticism.
English poetry -- Early modern.
English poetry -- Middle English.
Music.
England.

Form/Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Title vignette.
Observations on the ancient English minstrels, and Dissertation on the songs, music, and vocal and instrumental performance of the ancient English: p. i-lxxvi.
Printed in 1787 but not published till 1792. cf. edition 1829.
Later editions have title: Ancient songs and ballads, from the reign of King Henry the Second to the revolution.
Microfilm. [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1983. 1 microfilm reel : positive ; 35 mm. (Pre-1801 books about music and related topics in the Library of Congress collections as listed in RISM ; Reel 170, item R-054) Reproduced from a copy in the Library of Congress; other titles on reel.

Cited in:

RISM B/VI/2 p. 707

Contributor:

Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803, editor.

OCLC:

612527812