Musica Getutscht: A Treatise on Musical Instruments (1511) by Sebastian Virdung

by Sebastian Virdung

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521032776
• ISBN13: 9780521032773
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"