A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Grassineau, James

by George Grove

GRASSINEAU, James, born of French parents in London, about 1715; was first employed by Godfrey, the chemist, of Southampton Street, Strand, then became Secretary to Dr. Pepusch, at whose instance he translated the 'Dictionnaire de musique' of Brossard (Paris, 1703), with alterations and additions, some of which are said to be by Pepusch himself:—'A musical dictionary … of terms and characters,' etc., London, 1740, an 8vo. of 343 pages, with a recommendation prefixed, signed by Pepusch, Greene, and Galliard. A 2nd edition is said to have been published in 1769 by Robson with an appendix taken from Rousseau.

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