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The natural method of writing music : with some familiar pieces written in the natural notation

Title
The natural method of writing music : with some familiar pieces written in the natural notation / by Levi Orser.
Author
Orser, Levi.
Publication
Boston : Eastern publishing company, c1893.

Details

Description
68 p. : ill., music; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Graphic notation (Music)
  • Musical notation
Note
  • Manual on proposed new notation system; includes works notated using natural musical notation system.
  • "The natural musical notation system has been devised for the purpose of providing a simple, effective method of writing music which should avoid the purely artificial difficulties and complications inherent in the notation now in common use..." - from Preface, p. 3
Contents
Old hundred -- Nearer, my God, to thee -- God save the queen -- The star-spangled banner -- Hail, Columbia -- Selection from Il trovatore -- [On the beautiful blue] Danube -- Watch on the Rhine -- Killarney -- Comin' thro' the rye -- Spanish royal march -- Home, sweet home -- Last rose of summer -- Old folks at home -- Marseillaise -- Selection from The maiden's prayer -- Selection from Silvery waves.
Call Number
*MH p.v. 1, no. 4
OCLC
  • 5425148
  • NYPG03-B3758
Author
Orser, Levi.
Title
The natural method of writing music : with some familiar pieces written in the natural notation / by Levi Orser.
Imprint
Boston : Eastern publishing company, c1893.
Research Call Number
*MH p.v. 1, no. 4
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