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.

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