OF

Music,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL;

IN A

SERIES OF LETTERS

FROM A

GENTLEMAN TO HIS DAUGHTER.

BY

A. BURGH, A. M.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,

PATERNOSTER ROW.

PREFACE.

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AMONG the various refinements of the present enlightened age, the Science of Music appears, in an eminent degree, to have attracted the attention, not only of the exalted and affluent, but to have insinuated itself into the social enjoyments of every rank in Society.

In the modern System of Female Education, this fascinating accomplishment is very generally considered, as an indispensable requisite; and the Daughters of Mechanics, even in humble stations, would fancy them