This article is a list of music plates in Rees's Cyclopaedia. They were written by Charles Burney (1726–1814), with additional material by John Farey, sr (1766–1826), and John Farey, Jr (1791–1851). There are 53 plates as well a numerous examples of music typeset.
Music plates Charles Burney was well known as the author of a General History of Music, 4 vol 1776–1789 and two travel diaries recording his Musical Tours collecting information in France and Italy, and later Germany, 1+2 vol, 1771 and 1773, as well as the Commemoration of Handel, 1785 and his Musical Memoirs of Metastasio, 1796. John Farey, sr was a polymath, well known today for his work as a geologist and for his investigations of the mathematics of sound, and the schemes of temperament used in tuning musical instruments then. His son, John Farey, jr, was also polymathic in his interests. He contributed numerous drawings for the illustrations of mostly technological and scientific topics in Rees's Cyclopaedia.
The index to plates in Vol 39 of the work notes that plates XXXIV — XLIV were intended to include selections from the works of Haydn and Mozart, and also various National Airs. Since they were readily accessible elsewhere they were omitted to save expense. Plate XLV was also omitted.
Wilson Lowry engraved a number of the general plates in Miscellany and with John Farey Jr, the draughtsman, those on the Hawkins's Claviole and the set on the Organ.Woolrich, A. P., "John Farey, Jr., technical author and draughtsman: his contribution to Rees's Cyclopædia". Industrial Archaeology Review, 20, (1998), 49-68 AIA Abstracts 1998. The examples of music notation in the Music section must be presumed to have been originally written out by Burney, and were engraved by a Jno [John] Lee.Lee has not been identified, but there was a wood engraver of that name, who died in 1804. All the plates of musical instruments were also engraved by Lee. A number were drawn by a T. Webster. One was drawn by Edward Francesco Burney, Charles Burney's nephew, and another by an artist named Strange.
Vol III of plates Hydraulics — Naval Architecture
MISCELLANY Publication datePlate NoFigure NoTitleLink to digitised plate in the Internet Archive1820I8 and 9Chinese musical instruments, Ching and Kinghttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n96/mode/1up1809IXWhole plateDramatic Machineryhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n105/mode/1up1810XWhole plateDramatic Machineryhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n106/mode/1up1816XIVWhole plateHawkins's Claviole or Finger Keyed Violhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n112/mode/1up1819XXV1, 2, 4Aeolus's Harp; Crowth; Marine Trumpethttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n123/mode/1up
MUSIC Publication datePlate NoFigure NoTitleLink to digitised plate in the Internet ArchiveDecember 1, 1806I*Whole plateModern time-tablehttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n135/mode/1upDecember 1, 1808II*Whole plateMusical charactershttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n136/mode/1upJanuary 1, 1803IWhole plateArpeggio; Ancient Musical Characters; [Keyboard layout]https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n137/mode/1upNovember 1, 1804IIWhole plateThorough base or accompanimenthttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n138/mode/1upDecember 1, 1804IIIWhole plateThorough basehttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n139/mode/1upNovember 1, 1804IVWhole plateThorough base; Dissallowances in thorough basehttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n140/mode/1upNovember 1, 1804VWhole plateThorough basehttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n141/mode/1upJune 1, 1805VIWhole plateCounterpointhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n142/mode/1upSeptember 1, 1805VIIWhole plateCounterpointhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n143/mode/1upMay 1, 1806VIIIWhole plateCounterpointhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n144/mode/1upMay 1, 1806IXWhole plateMusic. Answers to the regular Fugues ...https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n145/mode/1upJune 2, 1806XWhole plateMusic. Introduction to the manner of ...https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n146/mode/1upJune 2, 1806XIWhole plateCounterpointhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n147/mode/1upJuly 1, 1806XIIWhole plateCounterpointhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n148/mode/1up1806XIIIWhole plateCounterpointhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n149/mode/1up1806XIVWhole plateCounterpointhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n150/mode/1upFebruary 12, 1813XVWhole plateCounterpointhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n151/mode/1upFebruary 12, 1813XVIWhole plateCounterpointhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XVI/mode/1upNo dateXVIIWhole plateDouble counterpoint in the octavehttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XVII/mode/1upJuly 1, 1806XVIIIWhole plateContrappunto doppio in genere Cromaticohttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XVIII/mode/1upApril 11, 1808XIXWhole plateContrappunto doppio in genere Cromatico (cont.)https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XIX/mode/1upJuly 1, 1806XXWhole plateContrappunto doppio in genere Cromatico (cont.)https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XX/mode/1upApril 11, 1808XXIWhole plateModulationhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXI/mode/1upApril 11, 1808XXIIWhole plateMusic. Modulation from a given note ...https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXII/mode/1upJuly 1, 1806XXIIIWhole plateMusic. Rousseau ...; Kirnberger ...https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXIII/mode/1upApril 11, 1808XXIVWhole plateMusic. Product of the chord ...[etc.]https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXIV/mode/1upApril 11, 1808XXV and XXVI. On one plate numbered XXVWhole plateMusic. Example of the Pathetic Genus ...[etc.]https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXV/mode/1upNovember 3, 1818XXVIIWhole plateMusic. Fingering on keyed instrumentshttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXVII/mode/1upNovember 5, 1818XXVIIIWhole plateMusic. Iteration in Fingeringhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXVIII/mode/1upNovember 5, 1818XXIXWhole plateMusic. Fingering of semitonic or chromatic divisionshttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXIX/mode/1upNovember 5, 1818XXXWhole plateMusic. Shakeshttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXX/mode/1upFebruary 2, 1807XXXI and XXXII. On one plate numbered XXXIIWhole plateMusic. Scale of the bassoonhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXX/mode/1upMarch 2, 1807XXXIIIWhole plateFacsimile of an Air on three notes by Rousseauhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXXIII/mode/1up—[XXXIV — XLIV]—Plates omitted from the work to save expense. (see Introduction)Date croppedXLVWhole plateMusic. Original melodies to the tune of Ossian in Temorahttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXXIV/mode/1up—[XLVI]—Plate omitted from the workApril 11, 1808[XLVII]Whole plateEuclidis sectio canonishttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n169/mode/1upApril 11, 1808XLVIIIWhole plateMusic. Canon in ogni modo: ... [etc.]https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XLVIII/mode/1up
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Publication datePlate NoFigure NoTitleLink to digitised plate in the Internet ArchiveJanuary 1, 1803IWhole plateAncient musical instrumentshttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n171/mode/1upJune 1, 1803IIWhole plateAncient musical instruments & Maskshttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n172/mode/1upMay 1, 1804IIIWhole plateAncient musical instrumentshttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n173/mode/1upDate croppedIVWhole plateAncient musical instrumentshttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n174/mode/1upSeptember 2, 1805VWhole plateInstruments of music:Indian musical instrumentshttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/V/mode/1upDecember 1, 1806VIWhole plateInstruments of music: Pandean minstrels, in performance at Vaux-Hallhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n176/mode/1upApril 11, 1808VIIWhole plateMusical instruments: Welsh harpshttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n177/mode/1upApril 11, 1808VIIIWhole plateMusical instruments: Origin of the bowhttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n178/mode/1upApril 11, 1808IXWhole plateRussian musical instrumentshttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n179/mode/1upAug 1, 1808XWhole plateMusical instruments: Harpshttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n180/mode/1upOctober 11, 1811XIWhole plateMusical instruments: Flutes, Hautboys [etc.]https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n181/mode/1upNovember 1, 1811XIIWhole plateMusical instruments: Horns, Serpent [etc.]https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n182/mode/1upDecember 1, 1811XIIIWhole plateMusical instruments: Arch-lute [Theobro], Mandolineshttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n183/mode/1upJanuary 1, 1813XIVWhole plateMusical instruments: Violin, Cello, Kit, Viol da Gambahttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XIV/mode/1upDecember 21, 1811XVWhole plateMusical instruments:Viol d'Amour. Mandore, Spanish Guitar, Lutehttps://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XV/mode/1up
Vol IV of plates. Navigation — Writing by cipher
ORGAN
Publication datePlate NoFigure NoTitleLink to digitised plate in the Internet Archive1814IWhole plateOrgan https://archive.org/stream/cyclopaediaplates04rees#page/n54/mode/1up1814IIWhole plateOrgan: Interior Profile of an English Church Organhttps://archive.org/stream/cyclopaediaplates04rees#page/n56/mode/1up1814IIIWhole plateOrgan: Made by Messrs Flight and Robson for the Earl of Kirkwallhttps://archive.org/stream/cyclopaediaplates04rees#page/n58/mode/1up1817IVWhole plateOrgan: [Detail of the Flight and Robson organ]https://archive.org/stream/cyclopaediaplates04rees#page/n60/mode/1up
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