The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland
Publisher: Gregg International
Published: December 1855
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780576287463
Subjects: Ethnic; Music; Music/Songbooks
First sentence: Though aware that, in works not of a purely scientific nature and which will be chiefly opened with a view to amusement, a Preface receives but little attention from the majority of readers; yet I cannot refrain from availing myself of the old privilege accorded to Authors and Editors to offer a few prefatory remarks on the occasion of presenting to the public this first volume of a collection of Irish Tunes, which I have edited under the patriotic auspices of the 'Society for the Preservation and Publication of the Melodies of Ireland'.