John Gunn Musician Scholar In Enlightenment Britain

The Scottish Cellist And Antiquarian John Gunn (1766-1824) Is Unique Among British Writers On Music In The Late Eighteenth And Early Nineteenth Century. Learned And Practical, At Home In Classical And Modern Languages, Knowledgeable In A Wide Range Of Musical Topics And With Even Wider-ranging Interests, And Committed To The Ideal Of Progress Through Rational Thought, He Typified The Enlightenment. His Published Output Was Large And Diverse: A Cello Treatise In Two Quite Different Editions; Two Books On The Flute And One On The Piano; A Treatise On Figured Bass; A History Of The Harp In The Highlands; And A Translation Of A French Work Of Music Theory.