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Musica Getutscht

Catalogue No: 9780521308304
This early German ‘do-it-yourself’ manual tells us about music-making in the years just before the Reformation.
£116.00

Sebastian Virdung, Edited and translated by Beth 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 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.


Bibliographic Details


80 b/w illus.


Contents

  • Preface
  • List of abbreviations
  • Part I. Translators 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. Musica Getutscht: 5. A note on the translation
  • 6. Sebastian Virdungs Musica getutscht
  • Appendix. Transcriptions of documents pertaining to Sebastian Virdung and Musica getutscht
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.
9780521308304

Specifications

Product Format
Book
Publication Date
30/07/1993
ISBN
9780521308304 (0521308305)
Editor
Beth Bullard
Language
English
Author
Sebastian Virdung