The musical dilettante : a treatise on composition / by J.F. Daube ; translated and edited by Susan P. Snook-Luther
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #394331
ISBN: 0521365643
Series; Cambridge studies in music theory and analysis ; 3. Physical description; xiii, 286 pages. Notes; Title from publisher's bibliographic system. Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-274) and index. Contents; Foreword / Ian Bent -- Translator's preface -- Introduction (starting p. 1) -- Daube's life and surroundings (starting p. 1) -- Daube's theoretical works (starting p. 9) -- Daube's The Musical Dilettante (1773): a synopsis (starting p. 17) -- The Musical Dilettante: A Treatise on Composition (1773) (starting p. 31) -- Preface (starting p. 35) -- 1 Harmony in general (starting p. 37) -- 2 The three different motions of the voices (starting p. 42) -- 3 Combining two voices (starting p. 46) -- 4 Combining three voices (starting p. 69) -- 5 Combining four voices (starting p. 104) -- 6 Composition in five and more parts (starting p. 119) -- 7 Variation (starting p. 132) -- 8 Imitation (starting p. 144) -- 9 Canon (starting p. 156) -- 10 Simple fugue (starting p. 186) -- 11 Double counterpoint (starting p. 213) -- 12 Double fugue (starting p. 231) -- Bibliography (starting p. 268) -- Index (starting p. 275). Subjects; Composition (Music) ; Early works to 1800. Music theory ; Early works to 1800. Composition (Music) Music theory 18th century.
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