A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music, Set Down in Form of a Dialogue, Divided Into Three Parts, the First Teacheth to Sing, the Second Treateth of Descant, the Third Treateth of Composition, as Printed in the Year 1597.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries ...
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T101048 The titlepage is engraved. With an appendix of motets, engraved throughout, also published separately. The printer's name from the colophon. With a list of subscribers including the name of the compositor and printer of the book, Arthur Burton. London: now reprinted [by George Bigg] for William Randall successor to the late Mr. J. Walsh, 1771. [10], iv,257, [3],29, [1]p.: music; 4
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