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Mus. 1256a

Printed; companion volume to Mus. 1256c.

Mus. 1256a
Cathedral Music: being a collection in score of the most valuable and useful compositions for that service, by the several English masters of the last two hundred years. The whole selected and carefully revis'd by Dr. William Boyce, organist and composer to the Royal Chapels, and Master of His Majesty's band of musicians. Volume the first [only.]
London: Printed for the editor, 1760
RISM B/II p. 123

Provenance: unknown, but probably from the choir library of Christ Church Cathedral.

Upright format, 375 x 277 mm. Late C20th binding of tooled rough brown leather over boards.

Not in Hiff. No microfilm.

For further copies of this edition, see entries for Ja.5.3/6, Ja.5.3/9a, Ja.5.3/13, Ja.5.3/22 and Ja.5.3/26. For a copy of the second edition (1788), see Ja.3.3/23.