Thomas Salmon: Writings on Music: Two volume set

Author:   Benjamin Wardhaugh ,  Professor Jessie Ann Owens
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   New edition
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Pages:   492
Publication Date:   29 August 2013
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Author:   Benjamin Wardhaugh ,  Professor Jessie Ann Owens
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Ashgate Publishing Limited
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781409465034


ISBN 10:   1409465039
Pages:   492
Publication Date:   29 August 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
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Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents: Volume I: Introduction: The Salmons of Hackney; Husband, father and rector; Genesis of the Essay; 'Duellum musicum': the polemic; The contexts of the polemic: the musical world; Universal character; 'Our new lights': Salmon and the Royal Society' 'Brethren': religious and social milieu; Readers of and responses to the Essay; The Essay's reputation. Editorial policy. An Essay to the Advancement of Musick and the Ensuing Controversy: Thomas Salmon, An essay to the advancement of musick (1672); Editorial note; Text. Matthew Locke, Observations upon a late book (1672); Editorial note; Text;. Thomas Salmon, A vindication of an essay (1672); Editorial note; Text. Matthew Locke, The present practice of musick vindicated (1673); Editorial note; Text. Select bibliography; Index.

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'... fascinating insights into a vibrant period of English music history. Both volumes are highly recommended'. Early Music America 'The texts are meticulously edited by Wardhaugh; much useful historical information is given. There are copious endnotes and an introduction to each text, as well as an extended general introduction to each volume. Wardhaugh's prose style is clear to read ... the standard of scholarship appears to be exemplary. The volumes will be a valuable, if highly specialised, addition to any music library ...'. The Consort 'The series Music Theory in Britain, 1 500-1 700: Critical Editions, helmed by Jessie Ann Owens, has already made great strides toward bringing English theory treatises into more university libraries and, hopefully, more curricula and scholarship. Earlier volumes in this series have provided excellent starting points for scholars entering into the morass that is early modern British music theory, and Benjamin Wardhaugh's new two-volume contribution, Thomas Salmon: Writings on Music is no exception. Of course, with the resources of Early English Books Online (EEBO), the majority of English theory texts from this period are available in facsimile and, often, searchable full text. It is critical, then, that new scholarly editions of these works have something to add, and Wardhaugh delivers'. NABMSA 'The present critical edition of Salmon's writings on music is highly commendable. Not only because the texts in themselves are very original and answer intriguing questions regarding music theory and temperaments in the late seventeenth-century England; it is indeed Wardhaugh's introduction, evaluation of sources, comments, and explanations enriching the edition that provoke the reader in new directions; this is the very reason why modern critical editions are so valuable. Downloadable digital facsimiles of many of the publications are certainly available, but the reader is not challenged in his or her views and interpretations of the texts to the same extent as when an able editor has gone through them commenting on difficult matters of interpretation'. The Seventeenth Century


'... fascinating insights into a vibrant period of English music history. Both volumes are highly recommended'. Early Music America 'The texts are meticulously edited by Wardhaugh; much useful historical information is given. There are copious endnotes and an introduction to each text, as well as an extended general introduction to each volume. Wardhaugh's prose style is clear to read ... the standard of scholarship appears to be exemplary. The volumes will be a valuable, if highly specialised, addition to any music library ...'. The Consort 'The series Music Theory in Britain, 1 500-1 700: Critical Editions, helmed by Jessie Ann Owens, has already made great strides toward bringing English theory treatises into more university libraries and, hopefully, more curricula and scholarship. Earlier volumes in this series have provided excellent starting points for scholars entering into the morass that is early modern British music theory, and Benjamin Wardhaugh's new two-volume contribution, Thomas Salmon: Writings on Music is no exception. Of course, with the resources of Early English Books Online (EEBO), the majority of English theory texts from this period are available in facsimile and, often, searchable full text. It is critical, then, that new scholarly editions of these works have something to add, and Wardhaugh delivers'. NABMSA 'The present critical edition of Salmon's writings on music is highly commendable. Not only because the texts in themselves are very original and answer intriguing questions regarding music theory and temperaments in the late seventeenth-century England; it is indeed Wardhaugh's introduction, evaluation of sources, comments, and explanations enriching the edition that provoke the reader in new directions; this is the very reason why modern critical editions are so valuable. Downloadable digital facsimiles of many of the publications are certainly available, but the reader is not challenged in his or her views and


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