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• Die Lehre von der Musikalischen Komposition, Praktisch Theoretisch (4 volumes (various editions) in German; Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1847-1879), by Adolf Bernhard Marx (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theory and Composition of Music: A Manual of Advanced Harmony, Melody Writing, Practical Composition and Musical Form, for Class, Private and Self Instruction (Philadelphia: T. Presser Co., c1924), by Preston Ware Orem (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theory and Practice of Musical Composition (5th American edition, based on a translation of the 3rd German edition; New York: Mason Bros., c1854), by Adolf Bernhard Marx, ed. by Herrman S. Saroni, contrib. by Emilius Girac (page images at HathiTrust)
• Harmonielehre (4th revised edition, in German; Stuttgart: C. Grüninger, ca. 1915), by Rudolf Louis and Ludwig Thuille (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Harmonielehre (7th edition, in German; Stuttgart: C. Grüninger, ca. 1920), by Rudolf Louis and Ludwig Thuille (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Methods of harmony, figured base, and compositions, adapted for self-instruction (R. Cocks, 1835), by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Arnold Merrick, Alexandre Choron, and Ignaz Seyfried (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fundamentals of music theory. (Edwards Bros., 1945), by Hubert Kessler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fragmentos musicos, repartidos en quatro tratados. En que se hallan reglas generales, y muy necessarias para canto llano, canto de organo, contrapunto, y composicion. (En su imprenta de musica, 1700), by Pablo Nassarre and Joseph de Torres (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theory of musical composition, treated with a view to a naturally consecutive arrangement of topics (R. Cocks, 1851), by Gottfried Weber, James Franklin Warner, and John Bishop (page images at HathiTrust)
• Choral orchestration (H.W. Gray, 1920), by Cecil Forsyth and Walter Henry Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rules how to compose : a facsimile edition of a manuscript from the library of the Earl of Bridgewater (circa 1610) now in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California (E.E. Gottlieb, 1952), by John Coperario and Manfred F. Bukofzer (page images at HathiTrust)
• The commonplaces of music. A student's handbook, originally prepared for the first course of Euing lectures, in Anderson's university, Glasgow, session 1866-7 ... (Tonic sol-fa agency, 1874), by John Curwen and Euing lectures (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aesthetik der tonkunst. (E. Eisenach, 1847), by Ferdinand Gotthelf Hand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Kunst des reinen Satzes in der Musik, aus sichern Grundsätzen hergeleitet und mit deutlichen Beyspielen erläutert (Im Verlag der K.K. priv. chemischen Druckerey am Graben, 1793), by Johann Philipp Kirnberger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sämmtliche Schriften über Generalbass, Harmonie-Lehre, und Tonsetzkunst : zum Selbstunterrichte. Systematisch geordnet, mit zahlreichen, aus dessen mündlichen Mittheilungen geschöpften Erläuterungs-Beyspielen, und einer kurzen Anleitung zum Partitur Spiel, nebst Beschreibung aller jetzt gebräuchlichen Instrumente, vermehrt und hrsg (A. Strauss, 1826), by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Ignaz Seyfried (page images at HathiTrust)
• J.G. Albrechtsberger's sämmtliche schriften über generalbass, harmonie-lehre, und tonsetzkunst; zum selbstunterrichte. Systematisch geordnet ... vermehrt und hrsg. (T. Haslinger, 1838), by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Ignaz Seyfried (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beiträge zur Lehre von der musikalischen Komposition ... (Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899), by Johannes Evangelista Habert and Alois Hartl (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cours de composition musicale... (A. Durand et fils, 1902), by Vincent d' Indy and Auguste Sérieyx (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Lehrbuch der musikalischen komposition (Breitkopf und Härtel, 1867), by Johann Christian Lobe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kompositionslehre (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1887), by Adolf Bernhard Marx and Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on musical form and general composition. (Clarendon Press, 1875), by Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vollständiges lehrbuch der musikalischen composition ... (A. Diabelli und comp., 1832), by Anton Reicha and Carl Czerny (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die lehre von der thematischen arbeit mit praktischen übun gen verbunden (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1909), by Alfred Richter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Grosse Kompositionslehre (W. Spemann, 1902), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Versuch einer geordneten Theorie der Tonsetzkunst zum Selbstunterricht. (B. Schotts Söhne, 1824), by Gottfried Weber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theory of musical composition, treated with a view to a naturally consecutive arrangement of topics (Wilkins, Carter & Co. [etc.], 1846), by Gottfried Weber and James Franklin Warner (page images at HathiTrust)
• The larger forms of musical composition; an exhaustive explanation of the variations, rondos, and sonata designs, for the general student of musical analysis, and for the special student of structural composition (G. Schirmer, 1915), by Percy Goetschius (page images at HathiTrust)
• A course of instruction in instrumentation (Breitkopf and Härtel, 1899), by Salomon Jadassohn and Harry P. Wilkins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Kompositionslehre für polyphonen Kirchengesang mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Meisterwerke des 16. Jahrhunderts. (Coppenrath, 1891), by Michael Haller (page images at HathiTrust)
• The theory and practice of musical form : on the basis of Ludwig Bussler's "Musikalische Formenlehre," for instruction in composition both in private and in class (G. Schirmer, 1908), by J. H. Cornell and Ludwig Bussler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catechism of composition, by J. C. Lobe. (G. Schirmer, 1891), by Johann Christian Lobe, Theodore Baker, and Fanny Raymond Ritter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die innere Werkstatt des Musikers (F. Enke, 1910), by Max Graf (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Composition. (Novello and Company, Limited;, 1923), by John Stainer (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on musical form and general composition (Clarendon Press, 1886), by Frederick Ouseley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grundriss der Kompositionslehre (musikalische Formenlehre) (M. Hesse, 1922), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Allgemeine Musiklehre (Handbuch der Musik) (Hesse, 1910), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Lehrbuch der Instrumentation (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1889), by Salomon Jadassohn (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to write a popular song. (Harris, 1906), by Charles Kassell Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Musical composition; a short treatise for students (Macmillan and co., limited [etc.], 1911), by Charles Villiers Stanford (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Modern musical composition (Curwen ed. 8282) A manual for students. (J. Curwen & sons, ltd. ;, 1900), by Frederick Corder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Logier's system of and self instructor in the science of music, harmony, and practical composition. (C. Fischer, 1889), by J. B. Logier and Arthur A. Clappé (page images at HathiTrust)
• System der Tonkunst (Breitkopf und Härtel, 1866), by Eduard Krüger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to musical composition, for those who wish, in a short time, and without the aid of a teacher, to acquire the power of inventing melodies, and of providing them with suitable accompaniments; especially of composing the easier kinds of musical pieces (O. Ditson & co., 1859), by Heinrich Wohlfahrt and John Sullivan Dwight (page images at HathiTrust)
• Studies in thorough-bass, counterpoint and the art of scientific composition. (Schuberth, 1853), by Ludwig van Beethoven, Henry Hugo Pierson, and Ignaz Seyfried (page images at HathiTrust)
• A complete method of musical composition according to the system of A.B. Marx (Carl Fischer, 1910), by J. Mendelsohn and Adolf Bernhard Marx (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grundriss der kKmpositionslehre (musikalische Formenlehre) (Max Hesse's Verlag, 1905), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Guide to beginners in composition. (T. Presser Co., 1900), by John Stainer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Versuch einer geordneten Theorie der Tonsezkunst zum Selbstunterricht, mit Anmerkungen für Gelehrtere. (B. Schott, 1817), by Gottfried Weber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Harmonie- und Kompositionslehre nach der entwickelnden Methode. Zum Selbststudium, für Lehrer und alle Freunde der Musik, für Musikschulen, Seminarien und Präparanden-Anstalten (F. Goerlich, 1906), by Richard Kuegele (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The elements of musical compostion and thorough-base: together with rules for arranging music for the full orchestra and military bands ... (Oliver Ditson, 1800), by I. B. Woodbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to compose within the lyric form, described for the general reader ; practically exemplified for the musician ; and reduced to precept for the student (W. Reeves, 1908), by Edwin Evans (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lehrbuch der musikalischen Komposition (Breitkopf und Härtel, 1855), by Johann Christian Lobe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité pratique de composition musicale. Depuis les premiers éléments de l'harmonie jusqu'à la composition raisonnée du quatuor et des principales formes de la musique pour piano. (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1889), by Johann Christian Lobe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Logier's comprehensive course in music, harmony, and practical composition (C. Fischer, 1920), by Johann Bernhard Logier, Hector Berlioz, and Carl Stein (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cours de composition musicale Rédigé avec la collaboration de Auguste Sérieyx da̓près les notes prises aux classes de composition de la Schola cantorum en 1897-98. [1900] (A. Durand et fils, 1912), by Vincent d' Indy and Auguste Sérieyz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Theme and variations; a study of linear twelve tone composition (W. C. Brown Co., 1958), by Robert Kelly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the second annual music computation conference : November 7-9, 1975, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Office of Continuing Education and Public Service in Music, University of Illinois, 1976), by Music Computation Conference (2nd : 1975 : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), John Melby, and James Beauchamp (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cours de composition musicale (A. Durand, 1909), by Vincent d' Indy and Auguste Sérieyx (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Melodiebildungslehre auf grundlage des harmonischen und rhythmischen elements (C. Grüninger, 1896), by Emil Breslaur (page images at HathiTrust)
• The composer and his message (Syllabus Division, University of Chicago Press, 1963), by Roger Sessions and University of Chicago (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lehrbuch der Tonsetzkunst. (J. André, 1832), by Johann Anton André and Heinrich Henkel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Versuch einer geordneten Theorie der Tonsetzkunst (In Mainz ; Paris ; Antwerpen : Im Verlage der Hof-Musikhandlung von B. Schott's Söhnen, 1830-1832., 1830), by Gottfried Weber, Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt Emil, Hofbuchdruckerei Theodors v. Zabern, and Rhineland-Palatinate B. Schott's Söhne (Mainz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Lehre von der musikalischen Komposition, praktisch theoretisch. (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1841), by Adolf Bernhard Marx (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Grundsätze der musikalischen Komposition. (Breitkopf und Härtel, 1853), by Simon Sechter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collected writings on thorough-bass (Novello, Ewer & co.;, 1855), by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Vincent Novello, Sabilla Novello, and Ignaz Seyfried (page images at HathiTrust)
• Musikalische Compositionslehre, in drei Theilen. 1. Theil. (A. Vogel, 1862), by Flodoard Geyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Lehre von der musikalischen Komposition, praktisch theoretisch. (Breitkopf und Härtel, 1860), by Adolf Bernhard Marx and Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kompositionslehre (Leipzig : Druck und Verlag von Breitkopf und Härtel, 1868., 1868), by Adolf Bernhard Marx and John Knowles Paine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theory and practice of musical composition (Mason Brothers, 1856), by Adolf Bernhard Marx, Emilius Girac, and Herrman S. Saroni (page images at HathiTrust)
• The elements of musical composition and thoroughbase: together with rules for arranging music for the full orchestra and military bands. (C.H. Keith, 1845), by I. B. Woodbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vollständige Harmonie- und Generalbasslehre und Einleitung zur Composition : ein Lehrbuch zum Selbstunterrichte für Diejenigen, welche sich die gesammte theoretische Kenntniss und praktische Fertigkeit in der Harmonie- und Generalbasslehre aneigen, regelmässig und mit Leichtigkeit moduliren und Vorspiele und Fantasien componiren lernen wollen (B.F. Voigt, 1852), by J. G. Meister (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theory and practice of musical composition (Mason Brothers, 1860), by Adolf Bernhard Marx, Emilius Girac, and Herrman S. Saroni (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cours de composition musicale ... (A. Durand et fils, 1909), by Vincent d' Indy and Auguste Sérieyx (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The theory of musical composition : treated with a view to a naturally consecutive arrangement of topics (R. Cocks and Co., 1989), by Gottfried Weber, James F. Warner, and John Bishop (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A compendium: or, Introduction to practical music. In five parts. Teaching ... 1. The rudiments of song. 2. The principles of composition. 3. The use of discords. 4. The form of figurate descant. 5. The contrivance of canon. (Printed by W.P. for J. Young, 1722), by Christopher Simpson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A compendium: or, Introduction to practical music. : In five parts. : Teaching, by a new and easy method. I. The rudiments of song. II. The principles of composition. III. The use of discords. IV. The form of figurate descant. V. The contrivance of canon. (Printed by W. Pearson, for Arthur Bettesworth, and Charles Hitch ... Samuel Birt ... John Clarke ... Thomas Astley ... and John Oswald ..., 1732), by Christopher Simpson (page images at HathiTrust)
• System der Musik-Wissenschaft und der praktischen Composition : mit inbegriff dessen was gewöhnlich unter dem Ausdrucke General-Bass verstanden wird (Heinrich Adolph Wilhelm Logier, 1827), by Johann Bernhard Logier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cours complet d'harmonie et de composition : d'après une théorie nouvelle et générale de la musique basée sur des principes incontestables, puisés dans la nature d'accord avec tous les bons ouvrages - pratiques anciens et modernes, et mis, par leur clarté, à la portée de tout le monde (chez l'auteur, 1806), by J.-J. de Momigny (page images at HathiTrust)
• Principes de composition des écoles d'Italie; adoptés par le gouvernement français pour servir à l'instruction des élèves des maîtrises de cathédrales. (A. Le Duc & compie, 1808), by Alexandre Choron and Nicola Sala (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ausführliche und erschöpfende Abhandlung über die Harmonie (bei Ant. Diabelli und Comp., 1834), by Anton Reicha and Carl Czerny (page images at HathiTrust)
• Composition (Novello, Ewer and co., 1880), by John Stainer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Technik des Klarvierauszugs (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1911), by Karl Grunsky (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Lehrbuch der musikalischen komposition (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900), by Johann Christian Lobe and Hermann Kretzschmar (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The influence of American literature upon modern musical composition (1917), by Fay Wood Swartz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The theme and variations in piano composition from Haydn to Brahms (1920), by Lenore Du Bois (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The elements of harmony and musical composition (S. Brainard's sons, 1881), by Karl Merz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Petit traité de composition musicale (A. Hennuyer, 1881), by Alexandre Bisson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Praktische musikalische compositions-lehre in aufgaben; mit zahlreichen ausschliesslich in den text gedruckten muster-, uebungs- und erläuterungs-beispielen nach den werken der ersten meister. (Habel, 1877), by Ludwig Bussler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern musical composition : a manual for students (J. Curwen, 1909), by Frederick Corder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Musikalische Compositionslehre. (L. Rauh, 1873), by Flodoard Geyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lehrbuch der musikalischen Komposition (Breitkopf und Härtel, 1875), by Johann Christian Lobe and Hermann Kretzschmar (page images at HathiTrust)
• Katechismus der Compositionslehre. (Weber, 1882), by Johann Christian Lobe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Präludien u. Studien; gesammelte Aufsätze zur Aesthetik, Theorie und Geschichte der Musik (H. Seemann Nachfolger, 1895), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Katechismus der kompositionslehre (M. Hesse, 1889), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust)
• A practical introduction to composition; harmony simplified. (O. Ditson, 1921), by Francis L. York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Xiang yan ju ci zhu : 5 juan (Xiao yuan, 1876), by Chengpei Fang (page images at HathiTrust)
• The self-instructor in musical composition, and thorough bass ... to which has been added Hamilton's treatise on fugue and double counterpoint, together with a translation of Schneider's celebrated work on arranging for a full orchestra and military band (Mason Brothers, 1853), by I. B. Woodbury, Friedrich Schneider, and James Alexander Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to beginners in composition. (T. Presser Co., 1800), by John Stainer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grundriss der Kompositionslehre : musikalische Formenlehre (M. Hesse, 1916), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cours complet d'harmonie et de composition : d'après une théorie nouvelle et générale de la musique basée sur des principes incontestables, puisés dans la nature d'accord avec tous les bons ouvrages - pratiques anciens et modernes, et mis, par leur clarté, à la portée de tout le monde (chez l'auteur, 1806), by J.-J. de Momigny (page images at HathiTrust)
• Logier's comprehensive course in music, harmony, and practical composition. (J. White, 1888), by J. B. Logier, Hector Berlioz, and Carl Stein (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beiträge zur lehre von der musikalischen komposition von Johannes Ev. Habert. (Breitkopf und Härtel, 1899), by Johannes Evangelista Habert and Alois Hartl (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Musikalische Kompositionsformen ... (B.G. Teubner, 1913), by Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Katechismus der Compositionslehre (Verlagsbuchhandlung J. J. Weber, 1887), by Johann Christian Lobe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Salita al Parnasso (A. Forni, 2000), by Johann Joseph Fux (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Composition (Novello, Ewer and co., 1880), by John Stainer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Musical form; a systematic course in thirty-three exercises. (C. Habel, 1894), by Ludwig Bussler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to musical composition, for those who wish, in a short time, and without the aid of a teacher, to acquire the power of inventing melodies, and of providing them with suitable accompaniments; especially of composing the easier kinds of musical pieces (O. Ditson & co.;, 1887), by Heinrich Wohlfahrt and John Sullivan Dwight (page images at HathiTrust)
• J.C. [!] Albrechtsberger's collected writings on thorough-bass, harmony, and composition, for self instruction. (Novello, Ewer & co.;, 1870), by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Vincent Novello, Sabilla Novello, and Ignaz Seyfried (page images at HathiTrust)
• J.G. Albrechtsberger's collected writings on thorough-bass, harmony, and composition, for self instruction : with many explanatory examples (Novello, Ewer, 1870), by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Vincent Novello, and Ignaz Seyfried (page images at HathiTrust)
• Composition for beginners : a practical course in original composition from the simplest possible beginning consisting of one hundred eight lessons and examinations (T. Presser, 1922), by Anna Heuermann Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Composing your own music; progressive steps to composing music; a workbook for classes in creative music (Paul A. Schmitt Music Co., 1939), by Harry W. Ranks and Hazel Nohavec Morgan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Harmony and melody : and their use in the simple forms of music (Arthur P. Schmidt, 1927), by Alfred Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Song writing and composition. (Cromat publishing co.], 1935), by Jack McMahon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• How to compose a song (K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. ;, 1925), by Ernest Richard Newton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Katechismus der Gesangskomposition : Lied, Chorlied, Duett, Motette usw. (Max Hesses Verlag, 1912), by Hugo Riemann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Katechismus der Compositionslehre. (J.J. Weber, 1876), by Johann Christian Lobe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Composition (Novello ;, in the 19th century), by John Stainer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• J.G. Albrechtsberger's sämmtliche Schriften über Generalbass, Harmonie-lehre, und Tonsetzkunst : zum Selbstunterrichte Systematisch geordnet, mit zahlreichen, aus dessen mündlichen Mittheilungen geschöpften Erläuterungs-beyspielen, und einer kurzen Anleitung zum Partitur-spiel, nebst Beschreibung aller bis jetzt gebräuchlichen Instrumente, vermehrt und herausgegeben von seinem Schüler, Ignaz Ritter von Seyfried. (T. Haslinger, 1838), by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Ignaz Seyfried (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbüchlein der Harmonie-, Melodie- und Formenlehre (C. Merseburger, 1867), by Benedikt Widmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Complete course in modern harmony, composition and orchestration, for dance band, radio and motion pictures. ([publisher not identified], 1948), by Lyle Murphy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Traité de haute composition musicale (Zetter & cie., 1824), by Anton Reicha (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anführung zur regelmässigen musikalischen Composition (Im Mizlerischen b̈cherverlag, 1742), by Johann Joseph Fux and Lorenz Christoph Mizler von Kolof (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Kunst des reinen Satzes in der Musik : aus sicheren Grundsätzen hergeleitet und mit deutlichen Beyspielen erläutert (Bey G.J. Decker und G.L. Hartung, 1774), by Johann Philipp Kirnberger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anleitung zur Singcomposition (G.A. Lange, 1758), by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbuch bey dem Generalbasse (Verlegts Gottlieb August Lange, 1757), by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kern melodischer Wissenschaft, bestehend in den auserlesensten Haupt- und Grund-lehren der musicalischen Setz-kunst oder Composition, als ein Vorläuffer des Vollkommenen Capellmeisters (C. Herold, 1737), by Johann Mattheson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anfangsgründe zur musicalischen Setzkunst : nicht zwar nach alt-mathematischer Einbildungsart der Zirkel-Harmonisten, sondern durchgehends mit sichtbaren Exempeln abgefasset. De rhythmopoeïa, oder Von der Tactordnung : zu etwa beliebigem Nutzen herausgegeben von Joseph Riepel ... ([J.J. Lotter, Augspurg], 1752), by Joseph Riepel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vogler's Tonschule, tonwissenschaft und tonsekunst Nebst Beyspielen. (Bey J. André, 1778), by Georg Joseph Vogler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grunde der Kuhrfälzischen Tonschule in Bielspielen : als Vorbereitung zur Mannheimer Monat-Schrift und zu den Herausgaben des öffentlichen Tonlehrers. ([Mannheim, 1778), by Georg Joseph Vogler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gradus ad Parnassum, sive Manuductio ad compositionem musicæ regularem, methodo novâ ac certâ, nondum antè tam exacto ordine in lucem edita: (typis Joannis Petri van Ghelen, 1725), by Johann Joseph Fux and Egon Wellesz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gründliche Anweisung zur Komposition : mit deutlichen und ausführlichen Exempeln, zum Selbustunterrichte, erläutet : und mit einem Anhange : von der Beschaffenheit und Anwendung aller jetzt üblichen musikalischen Instrumente. (J.G.I. Breitkopf, 1790), by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Logier's system of the science of music, harmony, and practical composition. (Boosey, 1800), by Johann Bernhard Logier and John Green (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sämmtliche Schriften über Generalbass, Harmonielehre und Tonsetzkunst : zum Selbstunterrichte : systematisch geordnet, mit zahlreichen, aus dessen mündlichen Mittheilungen geschöpften Erläuterungs-Beyspielen und einer kurzen Anleitung zum Partiturspiel, nebst Beschreibung aller bis jetzt gebräuchlichen Instrumente (T. Haslinger, 1838), by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Ignaz Seyfried (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kitāb Nājū Dar Fann-i Mūsīqī. (1869), by Muḥammad vājid 'Alī Shāh and McGill University. Institute of Islamic Studies. Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Musical form (G. Schirmer, 1883), by J. H. Cornell and Ludwig Bussler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cours de composition musicale. (A. Durand et fils, 1902), by Vincent d' Indy and Auguste Sérieyx (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cours de composition musicale (Durand, 1948), by Vincent d' Indy, Guy de Lioncourt, and Auguste Sérieyx (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An introduction to the skill of musick : in two books ... (London : Printed by W. Godbid for J. Playford, 1671., 1671), by John Playford, Thomas Campion, and Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methods of harmony, figured base, and composition, adapted for self-instruction (R. Cocks & Co., 1834), by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Arnold Merrick, Alexandre Choron, and Ignaz Seyfried (page images at HathiTrust)
• Short treatise on musical rhythm, from "Le rythme musical" (Vincent Music Co., Ltd., 1908), by Mathis Lussy, Ernest Fowles, and Ernest Dutoit (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Grammaire musicale, ou, Méthode d'accompagnement, d'orchestration & de composition : cours complet (En vente chez tous les editeurs et marchands de musique et chez l'auteur, 1910), by Ernest Gouarne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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