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    • Title:[Commonplace book], [18th Century].
    • Physical Description:1 v. (102 p.) ; 23 x 18 cm.
    • Links:View a digital version in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
      View a description in RISM (Repertoire international des sources musicales)
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    • Notes:Bookplate of Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, (1763-1827) son of George III.
      For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
    • Summary:Anonymous MS.
      Consisting of a collection of musical extracts and verse, mostly French, Italian, Scottish, and English ballads, with a very early version of the British national anthem [ca. 1745] beginning: "God save Great George our King."
    • Format:Manuscript Music
    • Cite as:Commonplace Book, 18th Century. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.