Writings on music / John Birchensha ; Ed by Christopher D S Field and Benjamin Wardhaugh

• Introduction : 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 ; John Birchensha's writings on music : dedicatory epistle and preface to templum musicum (1664) ; Letter to the Royal Society (26 April 1664) -- A compendius 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.

Ämnesord

Musikteori  -- England -- 1600-talet

Musikteori  (sao)

Music theory  -- Early works to 1800 (LCSH)

Music theory  -- England -- History -- 17th century (LCSH)

Genre

Verk före 1800  (saogf)

Personnamn

Birchensha, John

Klassifikation

780.92 (DDC)

Ijz Birchensha, John (kssb/8)

Ija (kssb/8)