DR. BURNEY'S MUSICAL WORKS.
Mr. Editor,—On pp. 63. and 78. of your columns inquiry is made for Burney's Treatise on Music (not his History). Before correspondents trouble you with their wants, I think they should be certain that the books they inquire for have existence. Dr. Burney never published, or wrote, a Treatise on Music. His only works on the subject (the General History of Music excepted) are the following:—
"The Present State of Music in France and Italy. 8vo. 1771.
"The Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands, and United Provinces. 2 vols. 8vo. 1775.
"An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster Abbey, and the Pantheon, &c. in Commemoration of Handel. 4to. 1785.
"A Plan for the Formation of a Musical Academy, 8vo. n. d."
As your "NOTES AND QUERIES" will become a standard book of reference, strict accuracy on all points is the grand desideratum.
EDW. F. RIMBAULT.
P.S. I might, perhaps, have included in the above list the Life of Metastasio, which, although not generally classed among musical works, forms an admirable supplement to the General History of Music.
E.F.R.