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A compendium : or, introduction to practical music. In five parts. Teaching, by a New and Easy Method. I. The Rudiments of Song. II. The Principles of Composition. III. The Use of Discords. IV. The Form of Figurate Descant. V. The Contrivance of Canon. By Christopher Sympson.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online I (ECCO) Available online

Eighteenth Century Collections Online I (ECCO)
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Simpson, Christopher, d. 1669.
Standardized Title:
Compendium of practical musick
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Composition (Music).
Music--Instruction and study.
Physical Description:
1 online resource ([16],144p. ) ill.,port.,music ;
Edition:
The eighth edition, with additions: ..
Other Title:
Compendium
Place of Publication:
London : printed by W. Pearson, for Arthur Bettesworth, and Charles Hitch, in Pater-Noster-Row; Samuel Birt, in Ave-Mary-Lane; John Clarke, in Duck-Lane; Thomas Astley, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and John Oswald, in Little-Britain, M.DCC.XXXII. [1732]
Notes:
First published in 1667 as 'A compendium of practical musick'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T77991.
OCLC:
642695684

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