The Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands, and United Provinces - Or, the Journal of a Tour through those Countries Undertaken to Collect Materials for a General History of Music

First published in 1773, and reissued here in its 1775 second edition, this account by Charles Burney (1726–1814) traces one of the journeys he undertook to research his General History of Music. It provides invaluable first-hand insight into European musical life and practices in the eighteenth century.