Thomas Salmon: Writings on Music Vol. 2Volume II: a Proposal to Perform Musick and Related Writings, 1685-1706 |
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Author:
| Wardhaugh, Benjamin |
Series title: | Music Theory in Britain, 1500-1700: Critical Editions Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7546-6845-9 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $175.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the second volume in a two-part set on the writings of Thomas Salmon. Salmon (1647-1706) is remembered today for proposing a radical reform of musical notation (these writings are the subject of Volume I). Later in his life Salmon devoted his attention to an exploration of the possible reform of musical pitch. He made, or renewed, contact with instrument-makers and performers in London. A series of manuscript treatises and a published Proposal to Perform Musick, in Perfect and...
More DescriptionThis is the second volume in a two-part set on the writings of Thomas Salmon. Salmon (1647-1706) is remembered today for proposing a radical reform of musical notation (these writings are the subject of Volume I). Later in his life Salmon devoted his attention to an exploration of the possible reform of musical pitch. He made, or renewed, contact with instrument-makers and performers in London. A series of manuscript treatises and a published Proposal to Perform Musick, in Perfect and Mathematical Proportions (1688) paved the way for an appearance by Salmon at the Royal Society in 1705, when he provided a demonstration performance by professional musicians using instruments specially modified to his designs. This created an explicit overlap between the spaces of musical performance and of experimental performance, as well as raising questions about the meaning and the source of musical knowledge similar to those raised in his work on notation. Benjamin Wardhaugh presents the first published scholarly edition of Salmon's writings on pitch, previously only available mostly in manuscript.