KURPIŃSKI Karol, Systematic lecture on the principles of music for the clavichord.

Systematic lecture on the principles of music for the clavichord.

A work offered to the Royal Warsaw Society of the Friends of Learning by Karol Kurpinski Director of Music of the National Theater, Teacher at the Government School of Music, Member of the Societ. Król. Warsz. (1st ed.). Warsaw 1818, published at the expense of Fr. Klukowski. (21.5 x 33 cm), pp. VIII, 64, notes in the text, bound in period psk.
Title page and main text stenciled (except preface pages). A manual for playing the clavichord compiled by Karol Kurpinski (1785-1857), an outstanding composer, conductor and pedagogue, author of the music to the famous "Warszawianka". Binding with heavy scuffs and rubbing on the spine, 1 card missing (61/62), other cards with signs of soiling and dampstaining, some cards with underlining losses without damage to the text. Rare.