Writings on music / John Birchensha ; Ed by Christopher D S Field and Benjamin Wardhaugh

Av: Serie: Music theory in Britain 1500-1700Utgivning: Farnham : Ashgate, 2010Beskrivning: 331 s. : faks., musiknoterISBN:
  • 978-0-7546-6213-6
Ämne: Genre/Form: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 780.92 23
SAB-klassifikation:
  • Ijz Birchensha, John
  • Ija
Innehåll:
Introduction : Birchensha's reputation as a music theorist : Birchensha's life -- The practical part of music -- The mathematical and philosophical parts of music -- To reduce all the parts of musick to a regularity and just order' -- The sources. Transcription policy ; John Birchensha's writings on music : dedicatory epistle and preface to templum musicum (1664) ; Letter to the Royal Society (26 April 1664) -- A compendius discourse -- Birchensha's description of his 'grand scale' (9 June 1665) -- Animadversion for syntagma musicæ ; Synopsis of syntagma musicæ for the Royal Society (February 1675/6) ; Birchensha demonstrates his 'compleat scale of musick' to the Royal Society (10 February 1675/6) -- Rules of composition, I : Solas Taylor's manuscript ; Rules of composition, II : William Corbett's manuscript ; Rule of composition III : Francis Withey's manuscript.
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Introduction : Birchensha's reputation as a music theorist : Birchensha's life -- The practical part of music -- The mathematical and philosophical parts of music -- To reduce all the parts of musick to a regularity and just order' -- The sources. Transcription policy ; John Birchensha's writings on music : dedicatory epistle and preface to templum musicum (1664) ; Letter to the Royal Society (26 April 1664) -- A compendius discourse -- Birchensha's description of his 'grand scale' (9 June 1665) -- Animadversion for syntagma musicæ ; Synopsis of syntagma musicæ for the Royal Society (February 1675/6) ; Birchensha demonstrates his 'compleat scale of musick' to the Royal Society (10 February 1675/6) -- Rules of composition, I : Solas Taylor's manuscript ; Rules of composition, II : William Corbett's manuscript ; Rule of composition III : Francis Withey's manuscript.

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