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John Hoyle

Musical lexicographer

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John Hoyle was a British writer.

John Hoyle (d. 1797?), was author of a dictionary of musical terms entitled Dictionarium Musica [sic]; Being a Complete Dictionary or Treasury of Music, London, 1770; It was republished, with a new title, in 1790 and 1791. The work was pronounced "short and incomplete" by the Critical Review for February 1791.

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Musical lexicographer

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John Hoyle was a writer.

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· Wikipedia: John Hoyle

· Wikidata: Q6240173

· DBpedia: John Hoyle (author)

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