The Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands, and United Provinces. Or, the Journal of a Tour Through Those Countries, Undertaken to Collect

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First published in 1773, and reissued here in its 1775 second edition, this account by Charles Burney (1726-1814) traces one of the journeys he undertook to research his General History of Music. It provides invaluable first-hand insight into European musical life and practices in the eighteenth century.