A General History Of The Science And Practice Of Music Volume Ii

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This book is a comprehensive history of the science and practice of music, providing insight into its development over time. It includes discussions of musical theory, the lives of famous composers, and the evolution of musical instruments, providing a broad overview of this fascinating subject. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Excerpt from A General History of the Science and Practice of Music, Vol. 2 The foregoing account may suffice to shew the design and method of Morley's Introduction to Music, a work for which all who love or practice the science are under the highest obligations to its author. John Caspar Trost, organist of the church of St. Martin at Halberstadt, a learned musician of the last century, translated it into the German language, and published it in folio, with the title of Musica Practica. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from General History of the Science and Practice of Music, Vol. 2 As to. The formulary itfelf, we meet with one called theufe ofsaruni, tranllated into Englilh by Miles Coverdale, bilhop of Exeter, in the Acts and Monuments of Fox, vol. III. Pag. 3, which in truth is but a partial reprefentation of the fubjefi; for the Ufe of Saturn not only-re gulated the form and order 05 celebrating the mafs, but prefcribed the rule and office for all the facetdotal funetions; and theta are contained in feparate and dif'tinelz volumes, as the Mifll'tl itfelf, printed by Richard Hamillon, anno 1554; the Manual, by Francis Regnault, at Paris, anno 1530; Hymns, with the notes, by john Kynglton and Henry Sutton, Lond. 1555 nho Primer, and other compilations; all which are exprelly (aid to be ad ufum ecclelize Sarifburienfis.' Sir Henry Spelman feems to have followed Fox rather implicitly in the explana tion which he gives of'the Ufe of Saturn in his Gloflary, pag. 50x. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.