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Musica getutscht : a treatise on musical instruments (1511) / by Sebastian Virdung ; translated and edited by Beth Bullard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Virdung, Sebastian, 1465?-, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge musical texts and monographs.
- Cambridge musical texts and monographs
- Standardized Title:
- Musica getutscht. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Virdung, Sebastian, 1465?- Musica getutscht.
- Virdung, Sebastian.
- Musical instruments--Europe--Early works to 1800.
- Musical instruments.
- Tablature (Music)--Early works to 1800.
- Tablature (Music).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Musica getutscht (Basel, 1511) is the earliest printed treatise on musical instruments in the West. Written by a priest and chapel singer named Sebastian Virdung, it provided rudimentary instruction on playing three instruments: the clavichord, the lute and the recorder. This early 'do-it-yourself' manual of instruction not only tells us about music-making in that era, it also illumines other aspects of society in the years just before the Reformation. Its author communicates in a popular style, choosing a mixture of media: a written text in the guise of an informal conversation, coupled with woodcut illustrations and visual aids. Enthusiasts of early music and its performance as well as historians of art, society and the German language will welcome Beth Bullard's substantial introduction and annotations, which help explain the text of this important work and its place in intellectual history.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Translator's introduction
- pt. 2. Musica getutscht.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781139085236
- 1139085239
- 9780511826801
- 051182680X
- 9780511518324
- 0511518323
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb07617 hdl
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