A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
cal gentlemen who heard them wished to have copies of them, he was at the expense of having them neatly engraved on copper-plates, in oblong octavo, which was the beginning of engraving music in England, and these he presented, well bound, to lovers of the art and admirers of his talents, for which he often received three, four and five guineas. So great were his encouragement and profits in this species of traffic, that he printed four books of " Ayres for the Violin," in the same form and size. He printed lessons likewise for the guitar, of which instrument he was a consummate master, and had so much force upon it, as to be able to contend with the harpsichord, in concert. Another book of his writing was designed to teach composition, air, and thorough-bass. Of this work, though it was printed, but few copies are to be met with. His full pieces, concertos, and solos, were never published, and are very scarce, if at all to be found.
The two first of the four books mentioned above, of which many copies were dispersed, consist of preludes, allamandes, sarabands, courants, gigues, divisions on grounds and double compositions fitted to all hands and capacities. The third book is entitled "Ayresfor the Violin, to wit, Preludes, Fugues, Allemands, Sarabands, Courants, Gigues, Fancies, Divisions and
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