Charles Burney (musician and author) manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Charles Burney (musician and author) manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"1792", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1792"}

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1792

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1792

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{"value"=>"Burney, Charles, 1726-1814", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Charles Burney, British musician and author. He is the father of Frances Burney, Madame d'Arblay, the writer.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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{"value"=>"<p>Holograph report (draft?) : 1792 : (MISC 0963) : 2 p.; with suggestions on the formation of a musical band to accompany Lord Macartney on his 1792 mission to China, with assesments of the musical tastes of the Chinese people; begins, \"A band of Instrumental Musicians, consisting of 6 performers, wd be able to execute the greatest variety of good compositions ...; also including, \"Harmony, or music in different parts, seems to be utterly uncultivated & unknown in every part of the world except Europe.\" At the end of the manuscript is a note in Burney's hand, \"For Lord Macartney when preparing for him a band to attend his Lordp. in his Chinese Embassy, 1792.\".</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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1792

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{"value"=>"Charles Burney (musician and author) manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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{"value"=>"Charles Burney, British musician and author. He is the father of Frances Burney, Madame d'Arblay, the writer. Holograph report (draft?) : 1792 : (MISC 0963) : 2 p.; with suggestions on the formation of a musical band to accompany Lord Macartney on his 1792 mission to China, with assesments of the musical tastes of the Chinese people; begins, \"A band of Instrumental Musicians, consisting of 6 performers, wd be able to execute the greatest variety of good compositions ...; also including, \"Harmony, or music in different parts, seems to be utterly uncultivated & unknown in every part of the world except Europe.\" At the end of the manuscript is a note in Burney's hand, \"For Lord Macartney when preparing for him a band to attend his Lordp. in his Chinese Embassy, 1792.\".", "generated"=>true}

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1 item

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1792

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1792

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