Syntagma Musicum II - De Organographia: Parts I and II (Paperback, New ed)

Over the last dozen or so years the musical landscape has been changed significantly by the revival of early instrumental music. People are now making and playing many Renaissance and early baroque instruments which until recently were not even mentioned in standard dictionaries. Praetorius's De Organographia, first published in 1618, can be called the book behind the revival. While it has long been an essential tool for musicologists, it is now exercising a wider, more popular appeal as the growing multitude of instrument makers and players seek to base its efforts on this documentation Praetorius has provided. De Organographia is beyond argument the most important period book on musical instruments ever to be written. No comparable work gives us the wide range, the clarity of description, and above all the scale drawings that we find in Praetorius.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Early Music Series, 7
Release date:	1991
Authors:	Michael Praetorius
Editors:	David Z. Crookes
Dimensions:	247 x 189 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	124
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-816260-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600) Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > General Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > General Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600)
LSN:	0-19-816260-X
Barcode:	9780198162605

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