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Book/Printed Material A compendium of practical music in five parts : teaching, by a new and easie method, 1. The rudiments of song. 2. The principles of composition. 3. The use of discords. 4. The form of figurate descant. 5. The contrivance of canon Principles of practical musick

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  • A compendium of practical music in five parts : teaching, by a new and easie method, 1. The rudiments of song. 2. The principles of composition. 3. The use of discords. 4. The form of figurate descant. 5. The contrivance of canon

Other Title

  • Principles of practical musick

Names

  • Simpson, Christopher, -1669

Created / Published

  • London : Printed by W. Godbid for H. Brome, M.DC.LXVII [1667]

Headings

  • -  Composition (Music)

Notes

  • -  First edition, London, 1665, has title: The principles of practical musick.
  • -  RISM (Répertoire international des sources musicales), B/VI, volume 2, page 784

Medium

  • 8 p. l., 176 p. : ill. ; 17 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MT40.A2 S6
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item S-083a, Reel 189 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1984]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

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  • 08017364

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Simpson, Christopher, -1669. A compendium of practical music in five parts: teaching, by a new and easie method, 1. The rudiments of song. 2. The principles of composition. 3. The use of discords. 4. The form of figurate descant. 5. The contrivance of canon. [London: Printed by W. Godbid for H. Brome, M.DC.LXVII, 1667] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/08017364/.

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Simpson, C. (1667) A compendium of practical music in five parts: teaching, by a new and easie method, 1. The rudiments of song. 2. The principles of composition. 3. The use of discords. 4. The form of figurate descant. 5. The contrivance of canon. [London: Printed by W. Godbid for H. Brome, M.DC.LXVII] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/08017364/.

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Simpson, Christopher, -1669. A compendium of practical music in five parts: teaching, by a new and easie method, 1. The rudiments of song. 2. The principles of composition. 3. The use of discords. 4. The form of figurate descant. 5. The contrivance of canon. [London: Printed by W. Godbid for H. Brome, M.DC.LXVII, 1667] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/08017364/>.