Sources of Arabian music

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 247 MS Farmer 351
  • Dates of Creation
      1920-1946
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      [7], 97p, interleaved. 26 cm. Black buckram binding.

Scope and Content

The sources of Arabian music: an annotated bibliography of Arabic manuscripts which deal with the theory, practice and history of Arabian music. By Henry George Farmer. Bearsden: issued privately by the author, 1940).
No. X of one hundred and fifty copies reprinted from the Records of the Glasgow Bibliographical Society, vol. XIII.
Author's signed, interleaved and amended copy, with extensive corrections and annotations in preparation for a revised edition.
Ornamental bookplate of Henry George Farmer inside front board.
Additional letters and other documents tipped or pasted in.

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