Allgemeine Geschichte der Musik - Forkel, Johann Nikolaus 1749-1818 (Leipzig Schwickert, 1788)
Left incomplete by the author: the history only reaches 1550
The 'Vorrede' (vol. 1, pp. viii-xviii) is dated October 1787. The 'Einleitung' (vol. 1, pp. 1-68) was considered by its author as a “Versuch einer Metaphysik der Tonkunst" (see Vorrede, p. xv).
L. Bösendorfer k. u. k. Hof- & Kammer-Klaviermacher Wien (stamp), being Ludwig Bösendorfer (1835-1919), son of the founder of the piano company established in 1828. Ludwig obtained the title of purveyor to the court in 1866, providing a terminus post quem for the stamp.
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