This early German 'do-it-yourself' manual tells us about music-making in the years just before the Reformation. Series Editor(s): Butt, John; Dreyfus, Laurence. Series: Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs. Num Pages: 292 pages, 80 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472. . 2008. Annotated. paperback. . . . .

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Title: Musica Getutscht: A Treatise on Musical Instruments (1511) by Sebastian Virdung (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2008
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521032776
ISBN 13: 9780521032773
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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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.

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Musica getutscht (Basel, 1511) is the earliest printed treatise on musical instruments in the West. This early German 'do-it-yourself' manual not only tells us about music-making in that era, it also illumines other aspects of society in the years just before the Reformation.

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