Thomas Salmon: Writings on Music Vol. 1Volume I: an Essay to the Advancement of Musick and the Ensuing Controversy, 1672-3 |
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| Author:
| Wardhaugh, Benjamin |
| Series title: | Music Theory in Britain, 1500-1700: Critical Editions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-6844-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $175.00 |
Book Description:
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Thomas Salmon (1647–1706) is remembered today for the fury with which Matthew Locke greeted his first foray into musical writing, the Essay to the Advancement of Musick (1672), and the near-farcical level to which the subsequent pamphlet dispute quickly descended. Beneath the unedifying invective employed by Salmon, Locke and their supporters however, serious and novel statements were being made about what constituted musical knowledge and what was the proper way to acquire it....
More DescriptionThomas Salmon (1647–1706) is remembered today for the fury with which Matthew Locke greeted his first foray into musical writing, the Essay to the Advancement of Musick (1672), and the near-farcical level to which the subsequent pamphlet dispute quickly descended. Beneath the unedifying invective employed by Salmon, Locke and their supporters however, serious and novel statements were being made about what constituted musical knowledge and what was the proper way to acquire it. This volume is the first published scholarly edition of Salmon's writings on notation, previously available only in microfilm and online facsimiles.