A Selection of Instrumental and Vocal Tutors and Treatises Entered at Stationers' Hall from

1789 to 1818
Author(s): Albert R. Rice
Source: The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 41 (Oct., 1988), pp. 16-23
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 ALBERT R. RICE

A Selection of Instrumental and

Vocal Tutors and Treatises
Entered at Stationers' Hall
from 1789 to 1818

T HISarticlelistsinstrumental
dateof entryatStationers'
andvocaltutorsandtreatisesandtheir
Hall.Itcorrectsdatespreviouslyentered
in bibliographical sources,indicatesthe generaltasteof the English
publicfor specifictypesof instruction booksandidentifiesunrecorded
sourceswhichmayyet be discoveredby the organologist.This list is
importantbecausethe majorityof tutorsandtreatisespublishedduring
theeighteenthandnineteenthcenturiesdonotincludea dateon thetitle
page. Eachis datedby relyingon criteriasuch as publisher'splate
number, publisher'saddress, copyright and registrationdate, a
watermark if it is foundon the paperof the book andothertypesof
evidence.1
A craftguild calledthe Companyof Stationerswas establishedin
Londonas a Brotherhoodin 1403andcharteredin 1557.Its members
were booksellers, printers, bookbindersand dealers in writing
materials.Sincethe copyrightact of 1842,most printedworkswere
registeredat Stationers'Hall until the act was abolishedin 1911?
NeighbourandTysonobservedthatalthoughthemajorityof publishers
before 1842sent theirpublicationsto Stationers'Hall for registration
immediately,there were otherswho sent their new publicationsin
batches;sometimesmusic and books publishedyears before were
included?The gapis evidentwhen a printeddateon a sourcediffers
fromthe date of entryat Stationers'Hall.
I culledthefollowinglistof publications froma manuscript transcript
of the musicalentriesmade for William Hawes (1785-1846), the
Londonmusicpublisherandmusician.Themanuscript is entitled'AList
of MusicEnteredat Stationers' Hall 1789-1819'andis preservedat the
NewberryLibraryin Chicago(CaseMS 6A 36 Vault).Accordingto
Alec HyattKing,copiesof the majorityof musicandbooksenteredat
Stationers'Hall were depositedin the BritishMuseum. Hawes'list
includes4951 entriesof popularsongs,ariasfromcurrentoperasand
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 instrumentalmusic primarilyfor the piano or harpsichordas well as a
number of vocal and instrumentaltreatises and tutors. However, the
compilerof Hawe's list was selective since severalpublicationsfrom this
period were not included. Nevertheless, the following list includes 72
entries, 33 of which correct previouslyrecorded dates, 13 of which are
unrecordedsources.The instrumentsand subjectmatterof these books
are as follows:
Keyboard- 23 Double Flageolet - 2
TreatisesConcerning Guitar - 1
and
Harmony Theory - 13 Mandolin - 1
Thorough BassTreatises- 6 Drum - 1
Flute- 4 Fife - 1
Violin- 4 Cello - 1
Singing - 5 Bassoon - 1
Harp- 4 Harp Lute - 1
Trumpetor Bugle - 3 Tambourine- 1
The following abbreviationsare used to indicatethe most commonly
cited bibliographicalsources:
BUCEM:TheBritish-Union CatalogueofEarlyMusicPrinted BeforetheYear1801.
A Record the
of Holdings of overone HundredLibraries
throughout theBritish
Isles.Ed.
E. B. Schnapper.2 vols. London:Butterworths,1957.
Ecrits:Ecritsconcernant
le musique. International
RIpertoire desSources 2
Musicales.
vols. Miinchen-Duisberg: G. Henle, 1971.
Kassler:Jamie Croy Kassler,The Scienceof Musicin Britain,1714-1830.A
Catalogue Lectures
of Writings, andInventions.
2 vols. New Yorkand London:
Garland,1979.
Simpson:AdrienneSimpson,'A Short-TitleListof PrintedEnglishTutorsUp
to 1800,Held in BritishLibraries',R.M.A.Research Chronicle,No. 6 (1966):
24-50.
Warner:ThomasE. Warner,An Annotated Bibliography of Woodwind Instruction
Books,1600-1830.Detroit:InformationCoordinators,1967.
The list below covers all the instrumental and vocal tutors and
treatises listed in this manuscript. Included are the date of entry
recordedin Hawes' list, the full name of the author,an abbreviatedtitle
of the book, publisher's information, amended date and comments
taken from bibliographicalsources. Sources that include a corrected
date of publication or that are unrecorded are marked at that date of
entry with an asterisk.
*November16, 1789.Leone,Pietro.A complete introductiontotheartofplaying
themandoline ... London:LongmanandBroderip,c.1789.Cf. BUCEM,vol. I,
p. 612 andSimpson,p. 44. An earlierMithodepublishedin Parisby Leonefor
the violin and mandolinis recordedin Ecrits,vol. I, p. 497.

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 *April4, 1791.Smethergell, William.Rules forthorough bass...London:The
Author,c.1791.CF. BUCEM,vol. II, p. 957 andEcrits,vol. II, p. 797. A later
editionof c.1797is at the Libraryof Congressaccordingto Kassler,vol. II,
p. 942.
April21. 1792.Wragg,J. TheFlutePreceptor... London:TheAuthor,c.1792.
Thisparticular tutorwasverypopular,goingthroughat leastfortyeditions.A
second edition was enteredon January8, 1794 and an 'ImprovedFlute
Preceptor'was enteredon March4, 1806.
April24, 1792.Jones,William.A Treatise on theArtof Music... [London],
c.1792.Anearliereditionof 1784is recordedinEcrits,vol. I, p. 435andKassler,
vol. I, p. 601. Thisbookwas probablya delayedentry;a secondeditionwas
publishedabout1828accordingto Kassler,vol. I, p. 607.
*March20, 1794.Parsons,John.TheElements of Music... London:The
Author,c.1794.CF. BUCEM,vol. II, p. 763 andKassler,vol. II, p. 817.
*June9, 1794.Camidge,Matthew.Instructions for Piano-ForteorHarpsichord
... London: and
Longman Broderip, c.1794.Cf. BUCEM, vol. I, p. 137,
Kassler,vol. I, p. 117and Simpson,p. 44.
*July31, 1794.Broderip,Robert.Plainandeasyinstructions foryoungperformers
on thepianoforte orharpsichord ... London:Longman& Broderip,c.1794.Cf.
BUCEM,vol. I, p. 137, Kassler,vol. I, p. 117 and Simpson,p. 44.
*June3, 1795.Dale,Joseph.Pocket Companion forGerman Flute... [London],
c.1795.An unrecordedsource.
July23, 1795.Trisobio,Filippo.LaScuoladelCanto,ora new... method of
acquiringperfection in singing.London:Lewis,Houston& Hyde, 1795.
*August31, 1795.Nicholson,James.A concise on Thorough
Treatise bass...
London:BlandandWeller,c. 1795.Cf. BUCEM,vol. II,p. 729,Ecrits,vol. II,
p. 615 andKassler,vol. II, p. 796.
October9, 1795. Chabran,Francesco.Compleat instructions
for theSpanish
guitar... London: Culliford, Rolfe & Baron, c.1795.
January16, 1796.Kollmann,AugustusFredericChristopher. An Essayon
Musical Harmony ... London: J. Dale, 1796.
*January 23, 1796.Hullmandel,NicholasJoseph.Principles of music,chiefly
calculatedfor thepianoforteorharpsichord ... London:The Author,c.1796. Cf.
Kassler,vol. I, p. 558 and Simpson,p. 47.
*May17, 1796.Malme,George.A Settof Practical Essaysfor Harpsichord or
PianoForte... forthePractice ofThorough Bass,London: The Author, c.1796. Cf.
BUCEM,vol. II,p. 645andEcrits,vol. II,p. 531.Accordingto Kassler,vol. II,
p. 734,Malmemadecorrections andimprovements to anearliereditionof this
tutorpublishedc.1790.
November1, 1796.Dussek,Jan Ladislav.Dussek'sInstructions on theartof
playingthepianoforte orharpsichord ... London:& Edinburgh: Corri,Dussek&
Co., c.1796.
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 December30, 1796.Hook,James.NewGuidadiMusica, beinga compleat book
of instructions on the or
forbeginners pianoforte harpsichord ... London: A. Bland &
Weller,c.1796.Accordingto Kassler,vol. I, p. 537,thissourceis a reissuewith
correctionsand alterationsof Hook's tutor originallypublishedabout
1785.
December 13, 1796. Dale, Joseph. Dale's Introduction of Piano-Forte,
Harpsichord or Organ... London:The Author,c.1796.
*January 20, 1798.Danby,John.LaGuidadellamusica instrumentale, ortherudi-
mentsof thepianoforte orharpsichord
... London:G. Smart,c.1798.Cf. BUCEM,
vol. I, p. 251;Ecrits,vol. I, p. 249; Kassler,vol. I, p. 253; Simpson,p. 45.
February 3, 1798.Furtado, John.NewElements ofThorough Bass... London:
W. J. & J. Richardson, c.1798.
April19, 1798. Furtado,John.Essayon Fingering thePianoForte.London:
W. J. & J. Richardson,1798.
*July4, 1798.Barthelemon, FranCoisHippolyte.A newtutor fortheviolin...
London:The Author,c.1798.Cf. BUCEM,vol. I, p. 88 andSimpson,p. 45.
September21, 1798.Fashionable for PianoForte& Harpsichord
Preceptor ...
London:W. Hodsoll& E. Riley,c.1798.
November17, 1798.MusicMadeEasy,ora NewMusical vadeMecum: beinga
complete bookofinstructions
forbeginners onthepiano-forte
orharpsichord... London,
1798.Furthersectionsof this keyboardtutorwere enteredon December3,
1798,January2, 1799and February4, 1799.
*January 26, 1799.Hyde,James.A newandcompleat preceptorfor thetrumpet &
buglehorn... London:The Author,c.1799.Cf. BUCEM,vol. I, p. 518 and
Simpson,p. 49.
February12, 1799.TheSounds forduty&exerciseforTrumpet &BugleHorn...
London:Broderip& Wilkinson,c.1799.
*October10, 1799.Merelle,[Mademoiselle]. Newandcomplete instructionsfor
thepedalharp... London:BroderipandWilkenson,c.1799.Cf. vol. II,
lcrits,
p. 572 and Simpson,p. 50.
*December14, 1799. MacKerrell, John.A Familiar Introduction to thefirst
principlesof Music, to which is added twenty-four
progressive lessons . . on the
harpsichordorpianoforte... London:Longman,Clementi& Co., c.1799. Cf.
BUCEM,vol. I, p. 640; Ecrits,vol. II, p. 524 and Kassler,vol. II, p. 725.
*June23, 1800.Dale,Joseph.Dale'sInstructions forthetambourine... London:
TheAuthor,c.1800.Cf. BUCEM,vol. I, p. 249 andSimpson,p. 48. Dale took
out a patent (no. 2295) on 19 February1799 for improvementson the
tambourine. See [B. Woodcroft],Abridgements of SpecificationsRelating toMusic
andMusical Instruments 1694-1866,2nded., London,1871;reprinted., London:
T. Bingham,1984,pp. 33-34.
*September 24, 1800.Miller,Edward.TheNewFlute,Instructor ... London:
Broderip& Wilkinson,c.1800. Cf. Simpson,p. 48 and Warner,p. 48-9,
no. 197. Warnerdatedthis tutorbasedon a watermarkdate of 1799.
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 February14, 1801. Kollmann,AugustusFredericChristopher.Practical
Guideto Thorough Bass.London:The Author,1801. A secondedition was
enteredon March23, 1807.
*October2, 1801.Dale,Joseph.Dale'sIntroduction toPiano-Forte... London:
The Author,c.1801,Book 2, op. 12. Cf. BUCEM,,vol. I, p. 249 andKassler,
vol. I, p. 249.
October26, 1801.Clementi,Muzio.Introduction to theArtofPlayingon the
Piano-Forte . . . London: Clementi, Banger, Hyde, Collard & Davis,
c.1801.
*April23, 1802.Hammond,John.A Proper GuidetoMusicBeinga Complete
Bookof InstructionsforPiano Forte ... London: The Author,c.1802.Cf. Kassler,
vol. I, p. 446.
*April18, 1803.Instructions for Violinbyan Eminent Master... [London],
c.1803.An unrecordedsource.
April28, 1803.Moller,JohnChristopher. A Complete BookofInstructions
for
PianoForte, Harpsichordor Organ ... London:J. Cooper, c.1803.Thissourcemay
have been a delayedentry or a reissueof Moller'skeyboardtutor which
appearedabout1796, cf. Kassler,vol. II, p. 778 and Simpson,p. 47.
*April20, 1805.ShortandEasyIntroduction to VocalMusic,[London],c.1805.
No. 3 & 4. An unrecordedsource.
March29, 1806. Callcott,John Wall.A MusicalGrammar . . . London:
B. M'Millan,1806.A thirdeditionof thistreatisewas enteredon March19,
1817.
May20, 1806.Kollmann,AugustusFredericChristopher. A New Theory of
Musical Harmony ... London:W. Bulmer& Co., c.1806.
*August26, 1806. Wright, Thomas, the younger. Musicalprimer&
Supplement. [Stockton-on-Tees], c.1806. Cf. Kassler,vol. II, p. 1084.
*April17, 1809.Williams,GeorgeEbenezer.An Introduction to theArt of
PlayingonthePianoForte... London:B. M'Millan,c.1809.Cf. Kassler,vol. II,
p. 1073-4. A secondeditionwas enteredon December23, 1816.
*November20, 1810.Rimbault,StevenFrancis.1stRudiments to theArtof
Playing on thePiano Forte... London: W. Hodsoll, c.1810. Cf. Kassler, vol. II,
p. 886.
*February 23, 1811.Hoffman.Instructions for theHarp,op. 15. [London],
c.1811.An unrecordedsource.
*May8, 1811.Davis,Joseph.NewScaleorGamut forPianoForte.[London:],
c.1811.ThisunrecordedsourcemayhaveprecededDavis'A New & Complete
System ofMusic;orGeneral InstructionsforthePianoForte,Organ,PedalHarp&c....
London:The Author,c.1814.Cf. Kassler,vol. I, p. 265. A secondeditionof
Davis'New Scaleor Gamutwas enteredon May 21, 1811.
*November14, 1811.A Treatise onSinging.[London].c.1811.Anunrecorded
source.

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 June 2, 1812. Cramer,John Baptist.Instructions
for thePianoForte... London,
c.1812.
February10, 1813. Lanza,Gesualdo. Elementsof Singing.London:Button &
Whittaker, 1813. Part1 & 2, nos. 1 & 2. Additionalnumbersof this tutor were
entered on May 10, 1813, August 30, 1813 and September 21, 1813.
*September30, 1813.Jones, New Instructions for Bugle.[London],c.1813. An
unrecorded source.
*March 16, 1814. Klose, FrancisJoseph. Instructions for Piano-Forte.
London: The Author, c.1814. Cf. Kassler, vol. I, p. 640.
*June 8, 1814. Craven, [John Thomas?]. Scale for New Patent Harp.
[London], c.1814. An unrecordedsource. Craven'spatent for the harpwas not
recordedin [B. Woodcroft], Abridgements ..., 2nd ed., London,
of Specifications
1871.
*July 9, 1814. Cobham, Charles. HarmonicSystemfor Violin. A treatise
on Single and Double Harmonics.London: The Author, c.1814. Cf. Edward
Heron-Allen, De FidiculisBibliographia
beingan attempttowards
a bibliography
of the
violinandall otherinstruments
playedwitha bowin ancientandmoderntimes,London,
1890-94; reprint ed., London: Holland Press, 1961, p. 311, no. 760.
*June21, 1815. TheSelf Instructor
in Music.[London],c.1815. An unrecorded
source.
*August23, 1815. Goodban, Thomas. Guideto Playingthe Violin,[London],
c.1815. Cf. Kassler, vol. I, p. 393.
*August 26, 1815. Shield, William. An Introduction to Harmony,2nd Ed.,
[London], c.1815. Cf. Kassler, vol. II, p. 933.
August 26, 1815. Shield, William. Rudiments of ThoroughBass... London:
T. Davison, c.1815.
*August30, 1815. Goodban, Thomas. CompleteInstructions
for PianoForte...
London: Preston, c.1815. Cf. Kassler, vol. I, p. 392.
*August30, 1815. Nicholson, Charles. Nicholson'sPreceptor for GermanFlute
... London: Preston, c.1815. Books 1 & 2. Cf. Warner, p. 80, no. 350.
*September7, 1815. Bolton, [Thomas].Lessons for theHarpLute... London,
c.1815. Cf. Stephen Bonner, 'Harp-lute (ii)', New GroveDictionaryof Musical
Instruments, vol. 2, p. 162-3.
*September 19, 1815. Brigg, John. Brigg'sIntroductionto theArt of Playingon
the PATENT DOUBLE FLAGEOLET... London: The Author, c.1815. Cf.
Warner,p. 74, no. 325, who dated this tutor based on a watermarkdate of 1812
for the British Library'scopy.
*October 21, 1815. [Bainbridge& Wood]. ThePreceptor, ora KeytotheDouble
Flageolet... London:Bainbridge& Wood, c.1815. Cf. Warner,p. 70, no. 303,
who dated this tutor based on a watermarkdate of 1810 for the BritishLibrary's
copy.

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 April17, 1816.Howell,Thomas,theyounger.Practical forPiano-
Instructions
Forte... London:T. C. Bates,c.1816,partfirst.Parttwo of this tutorwas
enteredon June20, 1816;partthreeon July 20, 1816.
*November28, 1816. Wood,James.Wood's Scalefor PatentBassoon.
[London], c.1816. This entryis anunrecordedsource andprobablyreferredto
Wood'spatent(no. 3797)of 1 April1814regardingthe use of metalfor the
boresof flutes, clarinetsand bassoons.See [B. Woodcroft],Abridgements of
Specifications. ., pp. 74-5. This sourcewas probablya single sheet with
fingeringsandsomeexplanationas is foundin GeorgeWood's,A Scaleof the
BassClarionet, InventedandManufactured BY GEORGEWOOD, London:
G. Wood, [1833],BritishLibrary,e. 108 (19).
*January16, 1817.Reinagle, Joseph.A Concise totheArtofPlaying
Introduction
theVioloncello...London:Goulding,D'Almaine,Potter& Co., c.1817,4thed.
Cf. EdwardHeron-Allen,De Fidiculis London,1890-94;reprint
Bibliographia,
ed., London,HollandPress,1961,p. 349, no. 1007,andTheNationalUnion
Catalogof Pre-56Imprints, London:Mansell,1977,vol. 487, p. 55.
*January16, 1817.Jousse,John.ThePianoForte,MadeEasy... London:
Goulding,D'Almaine,Potter& Co., c.1817,5th editionwith additions&
improvements by the author.Cf. Kassler,vol. I, p. 612.
March5, 1817.Potter,Samuel.Art of beating theDrum... London:The
Author,c.1817.Cf. TheNationalUnionCatalog London:
of Pre-1956Imprints,
Mansell,1976, vol. 467, p. 639 andJamesBlades,'Drum',TheNew Grove
vol. 1, p. 611, bibliography.
of MusicalInstruments,
Dictionary
*- . Potter,[Henryor Samuel?].TreatiseonMusic.[London],c.1817.An
unrecordedsource.
* . Potter,Samuel.TheArtofPlayingtheFife... London:The Author,
c.1817.Cf. Warner,p. 79, no. 344, who datedthistutorbasedon a watermark
dateof 1815.
*April19, 1817.Naldi [Giuseppe?].Practical [London],c.1817.An
Lessons.
unrecordedsource.Naldiwasa well-knownbasssingerin Londonduringthe
firsttwo decadesof the nineteenthcentury.He mayhavewrittenthistreatise.
See, ElizabethForbes,'Naldi, Giuseppe',New Grove,vol. 13, p. 18.
*December1, 1817.Jousse,John,MusicEpitomized. [London],c.1817. Cf.
TheNationalUnionCatalog of Pre-1956 London:
Imprints, Mansell,1973,vol.
285, p. 555.
*June1, 1818.Smith,[John?].Musical Cards.[London],c.1818.Thissource
maybe identifiedwithJohnSmith's The Sacred
Musical Globe... London:The
Author,1814.See Kassler,vol. II, p. 947.
*October21, 1818. Horn, [CharlesEdward?].Rudiments for Harp.
[London],c.1818.An unrecordedsource.
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 November 7, 1818. King, Matthew Peter. A GeneralTreatiseon Music...
[London],c.1818.Cf. Ecrits,vol. I, p. 447. Accordingto Kassler,vol. I, p. 635,
the copy dated c.1800 in the British Libraryincludes a written note on page 45
stating:'Engravedfor the EncyclopediaLondinensis1818'. This entrywas
probablypreparedfor publicationin the Encyclopedia
Londinensis.
December 7, 1818. Goodban, Thomas. New Gameof MusicalCharacters...
London: Goulding, D'Almaine Potter & Co., 1818. See Kassler, vol. I,
pp.394-6.

NOTES
1 For a discussionof these methods of dating published music see Guidefor
DatingEarlyPublishedMusic.A Manualof Bibliographical Practices,comp. D. W.
Krummel, Hackensack, New Jersey: J. Boonin, 1974.
2 OED, vol. 9, p. 863; The London
Encyclopedia,eds. B. Weinreb and
C. Hibbert (Bethesda, Maryland:Adler & Adler, 1986), p. 171.
30. W. Neighbour and A. Tyson, EnglishMusicPublishers' Plate Numbersin
thefirst halfof the NineteenthCentury(London: Faberand Faber, 1965), p. 12.
4 See A. H. King, PrintedMusic in the BritishMuseum.An account
of the
Collections,the Catalogues,andTheirFormation,Up to 1920 (London: C. Bingley,
1979), p. 189, note 2. The dates of this transcriptwere given in error by
King.

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