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Notes and Queries, Number 09, December 29, 1849 by Various
page 23 of 61 (37%)
wrote, a _Treatise on Music_. His only works on the subject (the
_General History of Music_ excepted) are the following:--

"The Present State of Music in France and Italy. 8vo. 1771.

"The Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands, and
United Provinces. 2 vols. 8vo. 1775.

"An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster Abbey,
and the Pantheon, &c. in Commemoration of Handel. 4to. 1785.

"A Plan for the Formation of a Musical Academy, 8vo. n. d."

As your "NOTES AND QUERIES" will become a standard book of reference,
strict accuracy on all points is the grand desideratum.

EDW. F. RIMBAULT.

P.S. I might, perhaps, have included in the above list the _Life of
Metastasio_, which, although not generally classed among musical works,
forms an admirable supplement to the _General History of Music_.

E.F.R.

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ANCIENT INSCRIBED DISHES.

Judging from the various notices in your Nos. 3, 5, and 6, the dishes
and inscriptions mentioned therein by CLERICUS, L.S.B., &c., pp. 44. 73.
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