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MUSIC, MEN, AND MANNERS IN FRANCE AND ITALY 1770

by Charles Burney; H. Edmund Poole

Published by Folio Society. 1st thus. 1969

Very good condition. Being a journal written by Charles Burney, Mus.D. during a Tour through those countries undertaken to collectmaterial for A General History of Music. Edited and with an introduction by H. Edmund Poole. Green cloth with maroon title block and gilt text to spine. B/w illustrations. xxix and 245 pages.

Text block has very tiny foxspots. Else contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly worn at ends, one end starting to split, and has a few minor knocks. Musty odour present.

Stock no. 1830793

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Contents

  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Note on the Text
  • The Journey: Tuesday 5 June, 1770 to Monday 24 December, 1770
  • June
  • 5 Arrived at Dover
  • delayed
  • 7 Embarked for Calais
  • Arrived at Calais and set out for Lille
  • 8 Arrived at Lille
  • 10 Left Lille for Paris
  • 11 Arrived at Paris
  • 24 Left Paris for Lyons
  • 27 Arrived at Lyons
  • July
  • 1 Left Lyons for Geneva
  • 3 Arrived at Geneva
  • 6 Left Geneva for Turin
  • 10 Passed over Mount Cenis
  • 11 Arrived at Turin
  • 14 Left Turin for Milan
  • 16 Arrived at Milan
  • 25 Left Milan for Venice
  • (via Veronia, Vicenza, Padua, Fusina)
  • August
  • 3 Arrived at Venice
  • 19 Left Venice for Bologna
  • 21 Arrived at Bologna
  • 31 Left Bologna for Florence
  • September
  • 1 Arrived at Florence
  • 16 Left Florence for Rome
  • (Via Siena, Bolsena, Montefiascone)
  • 20 Arrived at Rome
  • October
  • 14 Left Rome for Naples
  • 16 Arrived at Naples
  • November
  • 8 Left Naples for Rome
  • 10 Arrived at Rome
  • 22 Left Road for Genoa
  • 27 Arrived at Genoa
  • 27 Left Genoa for Antibes
  • 30 Arrived at Antibes
  • December
  • 1 Left Antibes for Lyons
  • 4 Arrived at Lyons
  • Left Lyons for Paris 'after two or three days'
  • 8 Arrived at Paris
  • 17 Left Paris for Calais
  • 18 Arrived at Calais
  • Stormbound
  • 23 Left Calais for Dover
  • 23 Arrived at Dover
  • 24 Arrived at London
  • 'Explication of some musical terms and foreign words which occur in the following journal'
  • Biographical index

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