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Sale 2708 - Lot 139

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MUSIC.) A New and Compleat Instructer for the Flageolet, to which is Added a Select Collection of Songs Marches &c. [2], 10 pages including illustrated title page. Oblong 8vo, 6½ x 9½ inches, stitched; moderate foxing and wear, a few calculations made on pages 2 and 3. New York: G. Gilferts, circa 1799
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The flageolet is a woodwind instrument similar to the recorder and tin whistle; it largely passed out of fashion after the early 19th century. One in ESTC, at the Newberry Library; none traced at auction.

ESTC assigns authorship to Thomas Greeting, who died in 1682, apparently assuming that it was a new American edition of his 1675 London publication, "The Pleasant Companion: or New Lessons and Instructions for the Flagelet." That work was much longer, had introductory text not found here, and used a completely different type of musical notation. The musical selections in the present work are also different--particularly a tune called "The American" on page 7.

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