Musiciana : extraits d'ouvrages rares ou bizarres - Weckerlin, Jean-Baptiste 1821-1910 (Paris Garnier, 1877)
Weckerlin (1821-1910) was an Alsatian composer and publisher who in obtained the gold medal of the Académie française with his 'Histoire de l'instrumentation'
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among the bizarre inventions, one finds a cat organ and piganino
see X3B01 for the first vol. of 'Musiciana'
anecdotes, lettres, etc. concernant la musique et les musiciens avec figures et airs notés
Keywords: 19th Century (1801-1900); Music history; Organology; Invention; Biography; France