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...Conperin, on a veritable old spinet,- a small box-like affair, with scarcely enough tone to be heard; on the whole a very funny effect. Among the other examples of the early writers were several old English pieces, of the first half of the 17th century, especially a "Hunting Jigg," by Dr. John Bull, a celebrated player on the "Virginal," an instrument much like the clarichord; likewise the Cat's Fugue by Scarlotti, and selections from the English Suite by Bach. Much interest attaches to these early attempts as being the forerunners of our present piano music...
...Musical Illustrations by Professor Paine were omitted, owing to illness, on Thursday of this week. We give the programme of the first evening: 1. King's Hunting Jigg, Dr. John Bull. 2. Sonata, Dom. Scarlatti. 3. AEgyptienne, Rameau. 4. Fugue in E Minor, Haydn. 5. Gavotte in D Minor, J. S. Bach. 6. Fantasia C Minor, Mozart. 7. Sonata, Beethoven, Opus 26, A flat. The attendance on the first evening was about one hundred and fifty. The programme for April I will be: Sonata from Haydn in E Flat; Beethoven, Opus 7; selections from Scarlatti, Rameau, Sebastian Bach, Emmanuel Bach...
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