Research Catalog

Title

John Birchensha : writings on music / edited by Christopher D.S. Field, Benjamin Wardhaugh.

Author

Birchensha, John, active 1664-1672.

Publication

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2010], ©2010.

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Additional Authors

• Field, Christopher.
• Wardhaugh, Benjamin, 1979-

Description

vi, 331 pages : illustrations, music; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Music theory in Britain, 1500-1700

Uniform Title

Music theory in Britain, 1500-1700.

Subject

• Birchensha, John, active 1664-1672
• Music theory > Early works to 1800

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN

• 9780754662136 (hbk.)
• 0754662136 (hbk.)

OCLC

• ocn318674208
• 318674208
• SCSB-14491190

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries