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John Birchensha : Writings on Music

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John Birchensha (c.1605-1681) is chiefly remembered for the impression that his theories about music made on the mathematicians, natural philosophers and virtuosi of the Royal Society in the 1660s and 1670s, and for inventing a system that he claimed would enable even those without practical experience of music to learn to compose in a short time by means of 'a few easy, certain, and perfect Rules'. His great aim was to publish a treatise on music in its philosophical, mathematical and practical aspects entitled Syntagma music ]. Unfortunately, the book never appeared, and no final manuscript of it survives. Recent research, however, has brought to light a number of manuscripts which allow us at last to form a more complete view of Birchensha's ideas and to gain at least a flavour of the lost Syntagma music ].

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  • ISBN-13: 9780754662136
  • ISBN-10: 0754662136
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: January 2010
  • Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.81 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.45 pounds
  • Page Count: 342

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