John Birchensha

Author : Benjamin Wardhaugh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351561587

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John Birchensha: Writings on Music by Benjamin Wardhaugh Pdf

John Birchensha (c.1605-?1681) is chiefly remembered for the impression that his theories about music made on the mathematicians, natural philosophers and virtuosi of the Royal Society in the 1660s and 1670s, and for inventing a system that he claimed would enable even those without practical experience of music to learn to compose in a short time by means of 'a few easy, certain, and perfect Rules'-his most famous composition pupil being Samuel Pepys in 1662. His great aim was to publish a treatise on music in its philosophical, mathematical and practical aspects (which would have included a definitive summary of his rules of composition), entitled Syntagma music Subscriptions for this book were invited in 1672-3, and it was due to be published by March 1675; but it never appeared, and no final manuscript of it survives. Consequently knowledge about his work has hitherto remained extremely sketchy. Recent research, however, has brought to light a number of manuscripts which allow us at last to form a more complete view of Birchensha's ideas. Almost none of this material has been previously published. The new items include an autograph treatise of c.1664 ('A Compendious Discourse of the Principles of the Practicall & Mathematicall Partes of Musick') which Birchensha presented to the natural philosopher Robert Boyle, and which covers concisely much of the ground that he intended to cover in Syntagma musica detailed synopsis for Syntagma musichich he prepared for a meeting of the Royal Society in February 1676; and an autograph notebook (now in Brussels) containing his six rules of composition with music examples, presumably written for a pupil. Bringing all this material together in a single volume will allow scholars to see how Birchensha's rules and theories developed over a period of fifteen years, and to gain at least a flavour of the lost Syntagma music

Author : Benjamin Wardhaugh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351557085

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Music, Experiment and Mathematics in England, 1653-1705 by Benjamin Wardhaugh Pdf

How, in 1705, was Thomas Salmon, a parson from Bedfordshire, able to persuade the Royal Society that a musical performance could constitute a scientific experiment? Or that the judgement of a musical audience could provide evidence for a mathematically precise theory of musical tuning? This book presents answers to these questions. It constitutes a general history of quantitative music theory in the late seventeenth century as well as a detailed study of one part of that history: namely the applications of mathematical and mechanical methods of understanding to music that were produced in England between 1653 and 1705, beginning with the responses to Descartes's 1650 Compendium musicand ending with the Philosophical Transactions' account of the appearance of Thomas Salmon at the Royal Society in 1705. The book is organized around four key questions. Do musical pitches form a small set or a continuous spectrum? Is there a single faculty of hearing which can account for musical sensation, or is more than one faculty at work? What is the role of harmony in the mechanical world, and where can its effects be found? And what is the relationship between musical theory and musical practice? These are questions which are raised and discussed in the sources themselves, and they have wide significance for early modern theories of knowledge and sensation more generally, as well as providing a fascinating side light onto the world of the scientific revolution.

Author : David Cram
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351561488

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John Wallis: Writings on Music by David Cram Pdf

John Wallis (1616-1703), was one of the foremost British mathematicians of the seventeenth century, and is also remembered for his important writings on grammar and logic. An interest in music theory led him to produce translations into Latin of three ancient Greek texts - those of Ptolemy, Porphyry and Bryennius - and involved him in discussions with Henry Oldenburg, the Secretary of the Royal Society, Thomas Salmon and other individuals as his ideas developed. The texts presented in this volume cover the relationship of ancient and modern tuning theory, the building of organs, the phenomena of resonance, and other musical topics.

Author : Benjamin Wardhaugh
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Music
ISBN : 0754668444

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Thomas Salmon: An essay to the advancement of musick and the ensuing controversy, 1672-3 by Benjamin Wardhaugh Pdf

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. This volume is the first published scholarly edition of Salmon's writings on notation, previously available only in microfilm and online facsimiles.

Author : Benjamin Wardhaugh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351557078

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"Music, Experiment and Mathematics in England, 1653?705 " by Benjamin Wardhaugh Pdf

How, in 1705, was Thomas Salmon, a parson from Bedfordshire, able to persuade the Royal Society that a musical performance could constitute a scientific experiment? Or that the judgement of a musical audience could provide evidence for a mathematically precise theory of musical tuning? This book presents answers to these questions. It constitutes a general history of quantitative music theory in the late seventeenth century as well as a detailed study of one part of that history: namely the applications of mathematical and mechanical methods of understanding to music that were produced in England between 1653 and 1705, beginning with the responses to Descartes's 1650 Compendium music?and ending with the Philosophical Transactions' account of the appearance of Thomas Salmon at the Royal Society in 1705. The book is organized around four key questions. Do musical pitches form a small set or a continuous spectrum? Is there a single faculty of hearing which can account for musical sensation, or is more than one faculty at work? What is the role of harmony in the mechanical world, and where can its effects be found? And what is the relationship between musical theory and musical practice? These are questions which are raised and discussed in the sources themselves, and they have wide significance for early modern theories of knowledge and sensation more generally, as well as providing a fascinating side light onto the world of the scientific revolution.

Author : Richard Charteris
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000951462

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Giovanni Gabrieli and His Contemporaries by Richard Charteris Pdf

For more than three decades Richard Charteris has researched European music, sources and collections, focusing particularly on late Renaissance England, Germany and Italy. This group of essays, many concerning previously unknown or unexplored works and materials, covers the 16th and early to mid 17th centuries. The studies involve variously 'new' compositions, music manuscripts and editions, and documents that relate to figures such as the Italians Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi and Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder, the Germans Hans Leo Hassler and Adam Gumpelzhaimer, as well as the Englishmen John Coprario, John Dowland, John Jenkins, Henry Lawes, William Lawes, Peter Philips, and the French composer Marin Marais. In addition, Charteris elucidates contemporary performance practice in relation to works by Gabrieli, investigates printed music editions that originated from the Church of St Anna, Augsburg, and evaluates materials in collections, inlcuding ones in Berlin, Hamburg, Kraków, London, Regensburg and Warsaw.

Author : Philip H. Highfill,Kalman A. Burnim,Edward A. Langhans
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : London (England)
ISBN : 0809305186

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A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 by Philip H. Highfill,Kalman A. Burnim,Edward A. Langhans Pdf

Author : Samuel Pepys
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0520020979

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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Companion by Samuel Pepys Pdf

"Samuel Pepys' FRS, MP, JP, (pron.: /pi?ps/;[1] 23 February 1633? 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man. Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by patronage, hard work and his talent for administration, to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and subsequently King James II. His influence and reforms at the Admiralty were important in the early professionalisation of the Royal Navy.[2] The detailed private diary Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 was first published in the 19th century, and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London."--Wikipedia

Author : Samuel Pepys
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001-03-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520227156

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The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol. 10 by Samuel Pepys Pdf

Originally published: London: Bell & Hyman Limited, 1983.

Author : Susan Forscher Weiss,Russell E. Murray, Jr.,Cynthia J. Cyrus
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253004550

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Music Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by Susan Forscher Weiss,Russell E. Murray, Jr.,Cynthia J. Cyrus Pdf

What were the methods and educational philosophies of music teachers in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? What did students study? What were the motivations of teacher and student? Contributors to this volume address these topics and other -- including gender, social status, and the role of the Church -- to better understand the identities of music teachers and students from 650 to 1650 in Western Europe. This volume provides an expansive view of the beginnings of music pedagogy, and shows how the act of learning was embedded in the broader context of the early Western art music tradition.

Author : CristleCollins Judd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 635 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351556842

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Musical Theory in the Renaissance by CristleCollins Judd Pdf

This volume of essays draws together recent work on historical music theory of the Renaissance. The collection spans the major themes addressed by Renaissance writers on music and highlights the differing approaches to this body of work by modern scholars, including: historical and theoretical perspectives; consideration of the broader cultural context for writing about music in the Renaissance; and the dissemination of such work. Selected from a variety of sources ranging from journals, monographs and specialist edited volumes, to critical editions, translations and facsimiles, these previously published articles reflect a broad chronological and geographical span, and consider Renaissance sources that range from the overtly pedagogical to the highly speculative. Taken together, this collection enables consideration of key essays side by side aided by the editor‘s introductory essay which highlights ongoing debates and offers a general framework for interpreting past and future directions in the study of historical music theory from the Renaissance.

Author : Tim Carter,John Butt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521792738

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The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music by Tim Carter,John Butt Pdf

First published in 2005, this title provides extensive knowledge on seventeenth-century music.

Author : Philip Beeley,Christoph Scriba
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-13
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780191524134

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The Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703) by Philip Beeley,Christoph Scriba Pdf

This is the second volume of a six volume compendium on the correspondences of John Wallis (1616-1703). Wallis was Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford from 1649 until his death, and was a founding member of the Royal Society and a central figure in the scientific and intellectual history of England. Along with his role as decipherer on the Parlimentary side during the Civil War, he prepared the ground for the discovery of infinitesimal calculus by Newton and Leibniz and played a decisive role in modernization of English mathematics. This volume provides fascinating insight into the life of Wallis through his correspondences with intellectual and political figures of the latter part of the 17th century.

Author : Noel Malcolm,Charles Cavendish,John Pell,Jacqueline Stedall
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780198564843

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John Pell (1611-1685) and His Correspondence with Sir Charles Cavendish by Noel Malcolm,Charles Cavendish,John Pell,Jacqueline Stedall Pdf

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Author : RossW. Duffin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351542142

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The Music Treatises of Thomas Ravenscroft by RossW. Duffin Pdf

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.