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First modern edition: John Reading's Five Anthems for Solo Voice
English composer and organist John Reading (c.1685–1764) published A Book of new Anthems Containing a Hundred Plates fairly Engraven with a Thorough Bass figur’d for the Organ or Harpsichord in c.1715. The title-page states that the collection was available ‘By Subscription’ only, and in the prefatory Advertisement the composer explains why: ‘‘Tis a very hard, tho usual Case, that when A Person has with great Labour and Study Compleated A Work of this Nature, Others should Pi
Martin Perkins
Nov 1, 20251 min read
Music Subscribers Database
Just published is an online Dataset of Subscribers to Eighteenth-Century Music Publications in Britain and Ireland, which can be accessed...
Martin Perkins
Jan 6, 20231 min read


Music by Subscription
Just published! Music by Subscription: Composers and their Networks in the British Music-Publishing Trade, 1676–1820. Edited By Simon...
Martin Perkins
Jan 6, 20221 min read


First edition of a 17th-century cantata.
Edition HH have recently published the first edition of one of Giovanni Battista Vitali's Modenese cantata 'Donde avvien che’tutt’ebro di...
Martin Perkins
Sep 23, 20201 min read


New Old Cello Music
Weston Park Cello Music, edited by Martin Perkins, is out today! This edition presents all the solo and two-part cello music from the...
Martin Perkins
Aug 12, 20181 min read


First edition of 18th-century violin music
Barnabas Gunn's Six Solos for the Violin and Violoncello with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord, has been published by Edition HH....
Martin Perkins
Aug 29, 20121 min read
Old Instruments and New Technology
Innovative virtual instruments developers, Soniccouture have just released The Conservatoire Collection - a sample library of early...
Martin Perkins
Jul 31, 20121 min read
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