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Author Virdung, Sebastian, 1465?-

Title Musica getutscht : a treatise on musical instruments (1511) / by Sebastian Virdung ; translated and edited by Beth Bullard
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) : illustrations
Series Cambridge musical texts and monographs
Cambridge musical texts and monographs.
Contents pt. 1. Translator's introduction. Why study Musica getutscht? -- A biography of Sebastian Virdung -- The publication history of Musica getutscht -- The offspring of Musica getutscht -- pt. 2. Musica getutscht -- App. Transcriptions of documents pertaining to Sebastian Virdung and Musica getutscht
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Virdung, Sebastian, 1465?- Musica getutscht.
SUBJECT Virdung, Sebastian 1465-1511 Musica getutscht gnd
Musica getutscht (Virdung, Sebastian) fast
Subject Musical instruments -- Europe -- Early works to 1800
Tablature (Music) -- Early works to 1800
Musical instruments
Tablature (Music)
Musikinstrument
Europe
Genre/Form Early works
Form Electronic book
Author Bullard, Beth.
LC no. 92019194
ISBN 9780511518324
0511518323
9780511826801
051182680X
Other Titles Musica getutscht. English