Download or read book A Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Books Consisting of Several Libraries and Particularly Those of the Rev Thomas Negus and Mr William Price which Will Begin Selling On Tuesday March 18 1766 By Benjamin White written by Benjamin White and published by . This book was released on 1766 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thomas Salmon A proposal to perform musick and related writings 1685 1706 written by Benjamin Wardhaugh and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second volume in a two-part set on the writings of Thomas Salmon. Salmon (1647-1706) is remembered today for proposing a radical reform of musical notation (these writings are the subject of Volume I). Later in his life Salmon devoted his attention to an exploration of the possible reform of musical pitch and raised questions about the meaning and the source of musical knowledge similar to those he raised in his work on notation. Benjamin Wardhaugh presents the first published scholarly edition of Salmon's writings on pitch, previously only available mostly in manuscript.
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