The music treatises of Thomas Ravenscroft : 'Treatise of practicall musicke' and A briefe discourse / Ross W. Duffin, Case Western Reserve University, USA.
"Thomas Ravenscroft is best-known as a composer of rounds owing to his three published collections: Pammelia and Deuteromelia (both 1609), and Melismata (1611), in addition to his harmonizations of the Whole Booke of Psalmes (1621) and his original sacred works. A theorist as well as a composer...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | "Thomas Ravenscroft is best-known as a composer of rounds owing to his three published collections: Pammelia and Deuteromelia (both 1609), and Melismata (1611), in addition to his harmonizations of the Whole Booke of Psalmes (1621) and his original sacred works. A theorist as well as a composer and editor, Ravenscroft wrote two treatises on music theory: the well-known A Briefe Discourse (1614), and 'A Treatise of Practicall Musicke' (c.1607), which remains in manuscript. This is the first book to bring together both theoretical works by this important Jacobean musician and to provide critical studies and transcriptions of these treatises. A Briefe Discourse furthermore introduces an anthology of music by Ravenscroft, John Bennet, and Ravenscroft's mentor, Edward Pearce, illustrating some of the precepts in the treatise. The critical discussion provided by Duffin will help explain Ravenscroft's complicated consideration of mensuration, in particular."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315085784 131508578X 9781351542142 1351542141 9781351542128 1351542125 9780754667308 0754667308 |