John Birchensha: Writings on Music

by Benjamin Wardhaugh, John Birchensha, Christopher D S Field

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 most famous composition pupil being Samuel...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754662136
• ISBN13: 9780754662136
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"