[Early American Music Theory — Philadelphia, 1829] An Introduction to the Art and Science of Music. Written for the American Conservatorio of Philadelphia.

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[Early American Music Theory — Philadelphia, 1829]

Trajetta, Phil. An Introduction to the Art and Science of Music. Written for the American Conservatorio of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed by I. Ashmead & Co., 1829.

First edition. 8vo, contemporary (possibly original) plain wrappers, 68 pp. followed by 16 engraved plates of music (Table I–XVI). Moderate foxing throughout; the final two leaves of text are heavily tanned but completely legible. A good, unsophisticated copy of an uncommon early American music theory treatise by the Italian-born composer and educator Filippo Trajetta, founder of the American Conservatorio of Philadelphia. Scarce.  

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