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Book/Printed Material An introduction to the skill of musick : in three books. The first contains the grounds and principles of musick, according to the gam-ut, and other principles thereof. The second, instructions and lessons both for the bass-viol and treble-violin. The third, the art of descant, or composing musick in parts, in a more plain and easie method than any heretofore published

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Title

  • An introduction to the skill of musick : in three books. The first contains the grounds and principles of musick, according to the gam-ut, and other principles thereof. The second, instructions and lessons both for the bass-viol and treble-violin. The third, the art of descant, or composing musick in parts, in a more plain and easie method than any heretofore published

Names

  • Playford, John, 1623-1686?
  • Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.

Created / Published

  • [London] : Printed by E. Jones, for H. Playford, 1694.

Headings

  • -  Music--Handbooks, manuals, etc--Early works to 1800
  • -  Violin--Instruction and study--Early works to 1800
  • -  Viola da gamba--Instruction and study--Early works to 1800
  • -  Counterpoint--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  "A brief discourse of the Italian manner of singing ... written some years since by an English gentleman who had lived long in Italy, and being returned, taught the same here.": p. 31-46.

Medium

  • 9 p. l., 144 p. : ill., music ; 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MT7.A2 P75
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item P-042h, Reel 155 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1983]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 09012117

OCLC Number

  • 6692597

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Playford, John, ?, and Henry Purcell. An introduction to the skill of musick: in three books. The first contains the grounds and principles of musick, according to the gam-ut, and other principles thereof. The second, instructions and lessons both for the bass-viol and treble-violin. The third, the art of descant, or composing musick in parts, in a more plain and easie method than any heretofore published. [London: Printed by E. Jones, for H. Playford, 1694] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/09012117/.

APA citation style:

Playford, J. & Purcell, H. (1694) An introduction to the skill of musick: in three books. The first contains the grounds and principles of musick, according to the gam-ut, and other principles thereof. The second, instructions and lessons both for the bass-viol and treble-violin. The third, the art of descant, or composing musick in parts, in a more plain and easie method than any heretofore published. [London: Printed by E. Jones, for H. Playford] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/09012117/.

MLA citation style:

Playford, John, ?, and Henry Purcell. An introduction to the skill of musick: in three books. The first contains the grounds and principles of musick, according to the gam-ut, and other principles thereof. The second, instructions and lessons both for the bass-viol and treble-violin. The third, the art of descant, or composing musick in parts, in a more plain and easie method than any heretofore published. [London: Printed by E. Jones, for H. Playford, 1694] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/09012117/>.