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Excerpt from A Grammar of Music: To Which Are Prefixed Observations Explanatory of the Properties and Powers of Music as a Science; And of the General Scope and Object of the Work
Had not Dr. O.'s respectable Ivor]; (respectable as the first production of the kind) proved deficient in some material points, and, perhaps, too dry and anti quated in its plan and style, to, be inviting to juvenile readers, this undertaking had been unnecessary. The former perform ance, however, is entitled to the praise of having opened a new door to musical intelligence; and, by realizing much, has shewn how much more might be efl'ected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
