A compendium of practical musick in five parts : teaching, by a new, and easie method, 1. The rudiments of song. 2. The principles of composition. 3. The vse of discords. 4. The form of figurate descant. 5. The contrivance of canon. By Christopher Simpson.
1667
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Title
A compendium of practical musick in five parts : teaching, by a new, and easie method, 1. The rudiments of song. 2. The principles of composition. 3. The vse of discords. 4. The form of figurate descant. 5. The contrivance of canon. By Christopher Simpson.
Uniform title
Principles of practical music
Created/published
London : Printed by William Godbid for Henry Brome in Little Britain, M. DC. LXVII. [1667]
Description
[16], 176 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port., music, tables ; (8vo)
Associated name
Note
First published in 1665 as: The principles of practical music.
Running title reads (on versos only): A compendium of musick.
With an engraved frontispiece portrait (plate) of Christopher Simpson.
Imprimatur on leaf A6v: Licensed June 5. 1667. Roger L'Estrange.
Signatures: A-M⁸ N⁴.
Running title reads (on versos only): A compendium of musick.
With an engraved frontispiece portrait (plate) of Christopher Simpson.
Imprimatur on leaf A6v: Licensed June 5. 1667. Roger L'Estrange.
Signatures: A-M⁸ N⁴.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo. DFONOTE jre: pag: [16], 176, [2], 6 p....; errata gathering (in four) signed N; frontis. signed "W. Faithorne dil: et Sculp:"
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), S3810
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R32686
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R32686
Genre/form
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
152- 003q
Folger-specific note
Manuscript markings. Some leaves foxed, affecting text. Sheepskin binding with white circular shelf-mark label pasted to spine. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: "Lib: mon: Lambsprint: Ord: St. Ben [Congv: ?] Anglie:"; bought by the Folger from Maggs, 20 May 1955