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John Birchensha : writings on music / edited by Christopher D.S. Field, Benjamin Wardhaugh.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library MT6 .B57 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Birchensha, John, active 1664-1672.
- Series:
- Music theory in Britain, 1500-1700
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music theory--Early works to 1800.
- Music theory.
- Birchensha, John, active 1664-1672.
- Birchensha, John.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 331 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2010]
- Contents:
- 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
- Dates
- John Birchensha's writings on music : Dedicatory epistle and preface to Templum musicum (1664) ; Letter to the Royal Society (26 April 1664)
- A compendium 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780754662136
- 0754662136
- OCLC:
- 318674208
- Publisher Number:
- 99937300344
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