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Recordings Of Instruments In The Belle Skinner Collection Of Old Musical Instruments (Vol. Ii)

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Recordings Of Instruments In The Belle Skinner Collection Of Old Musical Instruments (Vol. Ii) --- 1959

Recordings of various instruments playing period pieces on instruments of the Belle Skinner Collection of Rare Instruments at Wistariahurst during its time as the Holyoke Museum of Fine Arts and Natural Sciences, shortly before it was donated as part of the Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments, in 1960. Included two sheets of copied typewritten notes on the instruments used, their appearance, variations in the music. Unknown number issued. The instruments used can be found in collection catalog: Skinner, William; Thompson, Elizabeth (1933). The Belle Skinner collection of old musical instruments, Holyoke, Massachusetts. Philadelphia: Beck Engraving Company. OCLC 64299108. Track 2: No. 11 Virginal, Italian, 1556, by Domenicus Venetus Tracks 3, 4 5, and 6: No. 14 Spinet, Italian, Sixteenth Century (1500s) Tracks 7, and 8: No. 13, Virginal, English, 1666, by Adam Leversidge Track 9: No. 22, Harpsichord, Italian, 1759, by Toma Rossi Track 10: No. 12, Double Virginal, Flemish, 1591, by Johannes Ruckers the Elder Track 11: No. 15, Spinet, Italian or French [Credited Italian], Sixteenth Century Track 12: No. 20, Harsichord, Flemish, 1640, by Andrews Ruckers, the Elder Track 13: No. 17, Spinet, French, 1778, by Pascal Taskin Tracks 14 and 15: No. 23, Harpsichord, English, About 1785, by Longman and Broderip Tracks 16 and 17: No. 88, Square Piano, American, Early Nineteenth Century (1800s), by Alpheus Babcock Tracks 17 and 18: No. 18, Harpsichord, Flemish, 1620s, by Johannes Ruckers the Younger