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A compendium of practical music in five parts: teaching, by a new and easie method, 1. The rudiments of song. 2. The principles of composition. 3. The use of discords. 4. The form of figurate descant. 5. The contrivance of canon. / by Christopher Simpson.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection MT40.A2 S6 1667
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- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Simpson, Christopher, -1669.
- Standardized Title:
- Principles of practical musick
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Composition (Music).
- Physical Description:
- 176 pages : frontispiece (portrait) illustrations (music) ; 17 cm
- Other Title:
- Principles of practical musick
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by W. Godbid for H. Brome, 1667.
- Notes:
- First edition, London, 1665, has title: The principles of practical musick.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Cited in:
- RISM B/VI/2 p. 784
- OCLC:
- 249229502
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