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Book Title
Thomas Salmon: Writings on Music: Volume II: A Proposal to Perfor
Publication Date
2013-08-12
Pages
208
ISBN
9780754668459
Subject Area
Music
Publication Name
Thomas Salmon: Writings on Music Vol. 2 : Volume II: a Proposal to Perform Musick and Related Writings, 1685-1706
Publisher
Routledge
Item Length
9.4 in
Subject
History & Criticism, General, Instruction & Study / Theory
Publication Year
2013
Series
Music Theory in Britain, 1500-1700: Critical Editions Ser.
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.7 in
Author
Benjamin Wardhaugh
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Width
6.1 in
Number of Pages
208 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0754668452
ISBN-13
9780754668459
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117177937

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Thomas Salmon: Writings on Music Vol. 2 : Volume II: a Proposal to Perform Musick and Related Writings, 1685-1706
Subject
History & Criticism, General, Instruction & Study / Theory
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Author
Benjamin Wardhaugh
Subject Area
Music
Series
Music Theory in Britain, 1500-1700: Critical Editions Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
2 vols.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
780.148
Table Of Content
Contents: Introduction; Correspondence with John Wallis (1685-6); 'The Use of the Musical Canon' (?1686-8); A Proposal to Perform Musick (1688); 'The Practicall Theory of Musick' (1702); 'The Division of a Monochord' (?1702-6); 'The theory of musick reduced' (1705); Correspondence with Hans Sloane (1705-6); Select bibliography
Synopsis
This is the second volume in a two-part set on the writings of Thomas Salmon. 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. Salmon proposed a radical reform of musical notation, involving a new set of clefs which he claimed, and Locke denied, would make learning and performing music much easier (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, with the mathematician John Wallis, with Isaac Newton and with the Royal Society of London through its Secretary Hans Sloane. 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., 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 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., This is the second volume in a two-part set on the writings of Thomas Salmon. 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. Salmon proposed a radical reform of musical notation, involving a new set of clefs which he claimed, and Locke denied, would make learning and performing music much easier (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, with the mathematician John Wallis, with Isaac Newton and with the Royal Society of London through its Secretary Hans Sloane. 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.
LC Classification Number
ML432

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