AVISON, Charles 1709-1770

Eight Concertos In Seven Parts ... Dedicated to Lady Milbanke. Opera Quarta. Pr. one Guinea. [Incomplete set of parts]

London: Preston & Son, [ca. 1780].

Folio. Unbound and untrimmed, as issued.

Violin II Concertino: [1] (title), 2-21 pp.
Violin II Ripieno: [1] (title), 2-17 pp.
Alto Viola: [1] (title), 2-16 pp.
Violoncello with figured bass: [1] (title), 2-25 pp. Page [4] blank, as issued.
Bass Ripieno: [1] (title), 2-17 pp.
Watermark of [?]1780.

Slighty worn and stained; binder's holes to inner margins.

Scarce later edition. BUC p. 68; RISM A/I/1 A2919.

Avison, an English composer, conductor, writer on music, and organist, "was the most important English concerto composer of the 18th century and an original and influential writer on music." Norris L. Stephens in Grove Music Online.

Item #38223

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