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Virdung: Musica Getutscht

A Treatise on Musical Instruments (1511) by Sebastian Virdung, ed. Bullard.

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 aidSeiten 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. First English edition of the earliest book to be written on musical instruments and how to play them Written in 1511 in a popular and appealing style in the form of a conversation Richly illustrated with original woodcuts and diagrams Contents: Part I. Translator's Introduction; 1. Why study Musica getutscht? 2. A biography of Sebastian Virdung; 3. The publication history of Musica getutscht; 4. The offspring of Musica getutscht; Part II. The translation; A note on the translation; Sebastian Virdung's Musica getutscht; Appendix: Transcription of documents pertaining to Sebastian Virdung and Musica getutscht; Bibliography; Index.

1987, 80 half-tones, 287 Seiten.