2270. SEIDEL (J. J.) The Organ and its construction. Translated octavo. London, 1852. from the German of. Presented to the Society by Mr. William Henry Husk. 2271. SELVAGGI (Gaspare). Trattato di Armonia. octavo. Naples, 1823. Bound with Venini's Principi dell' Armonia. 2272. SHIELD (William). An Introduction to Harmony. quarto. London. 2273. SICCAMA (Abel). Observations on correctness of tune applied to the Flute, with a description of the newly invented chromatic and diatonic flutes. octavo. London, 1846. 2274. SIMPSON (Christopher). The Division Violist: or, An Introduction to the Playing upon a Ground. Divided into two Parts. The First, Directing the Hand, with other Preparative Instructions. The Second, Laying open the Manner and Method of Playing Ex-tempore, or Composing Division to a Ground. To which is added some Divisions made upon Grounds for the Practice of Learners. small folio. London, 1659. Numerous "Divisions" by Butler, D. Norcome, Chr. Simpson, John Cutts of Lincoln, and others, and a few songs, all in MS. are bound at the end of the volume. 2275. SIMPSON (Christopher). Chelys, minuritionum artificis exornata; sive, Minuritiones ad Basin, etiam extempore modulandi ratio. The Division Viol, or the Art of playing extempore upon a ground. Editio Tertia. Portrait of the author. small folio. London, 1712. 2276. SIMPSON (Christopher). A Compendium of Practical Musick, in Five Parts: Teaching, by a New and Easie Method, 1. The Rudiments of Song; 2. The Principles of Composition; 3. The Use of Discords; 4. The Form of Figurate Descant; 5. The Contrivance of Canon. [Second Edition.] Portrait. The Same. Third Edition. The Same. Fourth edition. small octavo. Portrait. small octavo. Portrait. small octavo. Portrait. small octavo. Portrait. small octavo. The Same. Seventh edition. The Same. Eighth edition. London, 1667. London, 1678. London, 1706. London, 1727. London, 1732. Presented to the Society by Mr. William Henry Husk. The Same. Ninth edition. Portrait. oblong octavo. London, n. d. This work first appeared in 1665 under the title of "The Principles of Practical Music." The fifth edition was published in 1714, and the sixth in 1720. No edition appeared subsequently to the ninth. 2277. SMITH (Robert), D. D. Musical Sounds. to his Son. Harmonics, or, the Philosophy of octavo. Cambridge, 1749. 2278. SMYTH (Rev. C. J.) Six Letters on Singing, from a Father octavo. Norwich, 1817. Bound with Hawkins's Thorough Bass, &c. 2279. SREEVE (John). The Oxford Harmony, being an Introduction to the Art of Music. Printed from plates, on one side of the leaf only. oblong octavo. London, 1741. 2280. STEELE (Joshua). An Essay towards establishing the melody and measure of Speech, to be expressed and perpetuated by peculiar symbols. quarto. London, 17752281. [STILLINGFLEET (Benjamin)]. Principles and Power of Harmony. [An attempt to elucidate the doctrines of Tartini's treatise. See No. 2286.] quarto. London, 1771. 2282. TABLITURE. "A new Booke of Tabliture, containing sundrie easie and familiar Instructions, shewing howe to attaine to the knowledge to guide and dispose thy hand to play on sundry Instruments, as the Lute, Orpharion, and Bandora: Together with divers new Lessons to each of these Instruments. Whereunto is added an Introduction to Pricke song, and certain familliar rules of Descant, with other necessarie Tables plainely shewing the true vse of the Scale or Gamut, and also how to set any Lesson higher or lower at your pleasure. Collected together out of the best Authors professing the practise of these Instruments." oblong quarto. London, 1596. 2283. TANS'UR (William), sen. The Elements of Musick displayed; or, its Grammar or Ground-work made easy. Portrait. octavo. London, 1772. 2284. TANS'UR (William). A New Musical Grammar; or the Harmonical Spectator; containing all the useful Theoretical, Practical, and technical parts of Musick. duodecimo. London, 1746. Presented to the Society by Mr. A. Durlacher. 2285. TANS'UR (William). A Musical Grammar and Dictionary, or a General Introduction to the whole Art of Music. Seventh edition. Portrait. octavo. London, 1829. 2286. [TARTINI (Giuseppe).] Trattato di Musica secondo la vera Scienza dell' Armonia. Padua, 1754. See also Stillingfleet's Principles and Power of Harmony, No. 2281. 2287. TARTINI (Giuseppe). Lettera del defonto Signor Giuseppe Tartini alla Signora Maddalena Lombardini, inserviente ad una importante lezione per i suonatori di violino. [A Letter from the late Signor Tartini to Signora Maddalena Lombardini (now Signora Sirmen) published as an important lesson to performers on the violin. Translated by Dr. Burney.] Italian and English text on opposite pages. octavo. London, 1771. 2288. TAYLOR (Edward), Gresham Professor of Music. Three Inaugural Lectures, delivered in 1838. octavo. London, 1838. Presented to the Society by Mr. Thomas Brewer. 2289. TESSARINI (Carlo). 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