The Music plates 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 the were readily accessible elsewhere they were omitted to save expense. [1] 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.[2].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. [3] 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.
- ^ Rees, Abraham (1819). Rees's Cyclopaedia. London: Longmans. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ Woolrich, A. P., "John Farey, Jr., technical author and draughtsman: his contribution to Rees's Cyclopædia". Industrial Archaeology Review, 20, (1998), 49-68 [http://www.industrial-archaeology.org.uk/arev20.htm AIA Abstracts 1998.
- ^ Lee has not been identified, but there was a wood engraver of that name, who died in 1804.
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MISCELLANY
| Publication date | Plate No | Figure No | Title | Link to digitised plate in the Internet Archive |
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| 1820 | I | 8 and 9 | Chinese musical instruments, Ching and King | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n96/mode/1up |
| 1809 | IX | Whole plate | Dramatic Machinery | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n105/mode/1up |
| 1810 | X | Whole plate | Dramatic Machinery | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n106/mode/1up |
| 1816 | XIV | Whole plate | Hawkins's Claviole or Finger Keyed Viol | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n112/mode/1up |
| 1819 | XXV | 1, 2, 4 | Aeolus's Harp; Crowth; Marine Trumpet | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n123/mode/1up |
MUSIC
| Publication date | Plate No | Figure No | Title | Link to digitised plate in the Internet Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1, 1806 | I* | Whole plate | Modern time-table | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n135/mode/1up |
| December 1, 1808 | II* | Whole plate | Musical characters | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n136/mode/1up |
| January 1, 1803 | I | Whole plate | Arpeggio; Ancient Musical Characters; [Keyboard layout] | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n137/mode/1up |
| November 1, 1804 | II | Whole plate | Thorough base or accompaniment | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n138/mode/1up |
| December 1, 1804 | III | Whole plate | Thorough base | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n139/mode/1up |
| November 1, 1804 | IV | Whole plate | Thorough base; Dissallowances in thorough base | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n140/mode/1up |
| November 1, 1804 | V | Whole plate | Thorough base | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n141/mode/1up |
| June 1, 1805 | VI | Whole plate | Counterpoint | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n142/mode/1up |
| September 1, 1805 | VII | Whole plate | Counterpoint | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n143/mode/1up |
| May 1, 1806 | VIII | Whole plate | Counterpoint | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n144/mode/1up |
| May 1, 1806 | IX | Whole plate | Music. Answers to the regular Fugues ... | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n145/mode/1up |
| June 2, 1806 | X | Whole plate | Music. Introduction to the manner of ... | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n146/mode/1up |
| June 2, 1806 | XI | Whole plate | Counterpoint | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n147/mode/1up |
| July 1, 1806 | XII | Whole plate | Counterpoint | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n148/mode/1up |
| 1806 | XIII | Whole plate | Counterpoint | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n149/mode/1up |
| 1806 | XIV | Whole plate | Counterpoint | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n150/mode/1up |
| February 12, 1813 | XV | Whole plate | Counterpoint | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n151/mode/1up |
| February 12, 1813 | XVI | Whole plate | Counterpoint | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XVI/mode/1up |
| No date | XVII | Whole plate | Double counterpoint in the octave | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XVII/mode/1up |
| July 1, 1806 | XVIII | Whole plate | Contrappunto doppio in genere Cromatico | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XVIII/mode/1up |
| April 11, 1808 | XIX | Whole plate | Contrappunto doppio in genere Cromatico (cont.) | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XIX/mode/1up |
| July 1, 1806 | XX | Whole plate | Contrappunto doppio in genere Cromatico (cont.) | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XX/mode/1up |
| April 11, 1808 | XXI | Whole plate | Modulation | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXI/mode/1up |
| April 11, 1808 | XXII | Whole plate | Music. Modulation from a given note ... | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXII/mode/1up |
| July 1, 1806 | XXIII | Whole plate | Music. Rousseau ...; Kirnberger ... | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXIII/mode/1up |
| April 11, 1808 | XXIV | Whole plate | Music. Product of the chord ...[etc.] | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXIV/mode/1up |
| April 11, 1808 | XXV and XXVI. On one plate numbered XXV | Whole plate | Music. Example of the Pathetic Genus ...[etc.] | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXV/mode/1up |
| November 3, 1818 | XXVII | Whole plate | Music. Fingering on keyed instruments | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXVII/mode/1up |
| November 5, 1818 | XXVIII | Whole plate | Music. Iteration in Fingering | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXVIII/mode/1up |
| November 5, 1818 | XXIX | Whole plate | Music. Fingering of semitonic or chromatic divisions | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXIX/mode/1up |
| November 5, 1818 | XXX | Whole plate | Music. Shakes | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXX/mode/1up |
| February 2, 1807 | XXXI and XXXII. On one plate numbered XXXII | Whole plate | Music. Scale of the bassoon | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXX/mode/1up |
| March 2, 1807 | XXXIII | Whole plate | Facsimile of an Air on three notes by Rousseau | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXXIII/mode/1up |
| — | [XXXIV — XLIV] | — | Plates omitted from the work to save expense. (see Introduction) | |
| Date cropped | XLV | Whole plate | Music. Original melodies to the tune of Ossian in Temora | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XXXIV/mode/1up |
| — | [XLVI] | — | Plate omitted from the work | |
| April 11, 1808 | [XLVII] | Whole plate | Euclidis sectio canonis | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n169/mode/1up |
| April 11, 1808 | XLVIII | Whole plate | Music. Canon in ogni modo: ... [etc.] | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XLVIII/mode/1up |
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
| Publication date | Plate No | Figure No | Title | Link to digitised plate in the Internet Archive |
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| January 1, 1803 | I | Whole plate | Ancient musical instruments | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n171/mode/1up |
| June 1, 1803 | II | Whole plate | Ancient musical instruments & Masks | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n172/mode/1up |
| May 1, 1804 | III | Whole plate | Ancient musical instruments | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n173/mode/1up |
| Date cropped | IV | Whole plate | Ancient musical instruments | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n174/mode/1up |
| September 2 1805 | V | Whole plate | Instruments of music:Indian musical instruments | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/V/mode/1up |
| December 1, 1806 | VI | Whole plate | Instruments of music: Pandean minstrells, in performance at Vaux-Hall | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n176/mode/1up |
| April 11, 1808 | VII | Whole plate | Musical instruments: Welsh harps | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n177/mode/1up |
| April 11, 1808 | VIII | Whole plate | Musical instruments: Origin of the bow | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n178/mode/1up |
| April 11, 1808 | IX | Whole plate | Russian musical instruments | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n179/mode/1up |
| Aug 1, 1808 | X | Whole plate | Musical instruments: Harps | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n180/mode/1up |
| October 11, 1811 | XI | Whole plate | Musical instruments: Flutes, Hautboys [etc.] | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n181/mode/1up |
| November 1, 1811 | XII | Whole plate | Musical instruments: Horns, Serpent [etc.] | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n182/mode/1up |
| December 1, 1811 | XIII | Whole plate | Musical instruments: Arch-lute [Theobro], Mandolines | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/n183/mode/1up |
| January 1, 1813 | XIV | Whole plate | Musical instruments: Violin, Cello, Kit, Viol da Gamba | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XIV/mode/1up |
| December 21, 1811 | XV | Whole plate | Musical instruments:Viol d'Amour. Mandore, Spanish Guitar, Lute | https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753002007406#page/XV/mode/1up |
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ORGAN
| Publication date | Plate No | Figure No | Title | Link to digitised plate in the Internet Archive |
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| 1814 | I | Whole plate | Organ | https://archive.org/stream/cyclopaediaplates04rees#page/n54/mode/1up |
| 1814 | II | Whole plate | Organ: Interior Profile of an English Church Organ | https://archive.org/stream/cyclopaediaplates04rees#page/n56/mode/1up |
| 1814 | III | Whole plate | Organ: Made by Messrs Flight and Robson for the Earl of Kirkwall | https://archive.org/stream/cyclopaediaplates04rees#page/n58/mode/1up |
| 1817 | IV | Whole plate | Organ: [Detail of the Flight and Robson organ] | https://archive.org/stream/cyclopaediaplates04rees#page/n60/mode/1up |