UID:
almafu_9960119431802883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
1-139-08523-9
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0-511-82680-X
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0-511-51832-3
Series Statement:
Cambridge musical texts and monographs
Uniform Title:
Musica getutscht.
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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pt. 1. Translator's introduction -- pt. 2. Musica getutscht.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-03277-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-30830-5
Language:
English
