Rousseau, Jean Jacques. (1712 - 1778). Dictionnaire de Musique. Paris: Chez la Veuve Duchesne, rue S. Jacques, au Temple du Goût. 1768. First 8vo edition. 8vo. (20.5 x 13 cm). Vignette title page, XII, 547 pp., 13 foldout plates (A-N; plate J was cancelled prior to printing). Contemporary full brown calf, heavily worn. Page edges marbled, joints rather weak, internally clean and otherwise fine.
The Dictionnaire de Musique is seen as Rousseau’s most significant work, and remains a valuable reference work today. Its primary focus was "to deal with terms relating to knowledge and technique, not only providing definitions but also…furnishing explanations and showing the relationships of concepts." (Grove Online). The Dictionnaire’s 900 entries cover ideas relating to acoustics, music theory, performance, interpretation, the poetics of musical and operatic genres, general musical aesthetics, the history of music and its geographical variation.
The Dictionnaire de Musique is seen as Rousseau’s most significant work, and remains a valuable reference work today. Its primary focus was "to deal with terms relating to knowledge and technique, not only providing definitions but also…furnishing explanations and showing the relationships of concepts." (Grove Online). The Dictionnaire’s 900 entries cover ideas relating to acoustics, music theory, performance, interpretation, the poetics of musical and operatic genres, general musical aesthetics, the history of music and its geographical variation.
Rousseau, Jean Jacques. (1712 - 1778). Dictionnaire de Musique. Paris: Chez la Veuve Duchesne, rue S. Jacques, au Temple du Goût. 1768. First 8vo edition. 8vo. (20.5 x 13 cm). Vignette title page, XII, 547 pp., 13 foldout plates (A-N; plate J was cancelled prior to printing). Contemporary full brown calf, heavily worn. Page edges marbled, joints rather weak, internally clean and otherwise fine.
The Dictionnaire de Musique is seen as Rousseau’s most significant work, and remains a valuable reference work today. Its primary focus was "to deal with terms relating to knowledge and technique, not only providing definitions but also…furnishing explanations and showing the relationships of concepts." (Grove Online). The Dictionnaire’s 900 entries cover ideas relating to acoustics, music theory, performance, interpretation, the poetics of musical and operatic genres, general musical aesthetics, the history of music and its geographical variation.
The Dictionnaire de Musique is seen as Rousseau’s most significant work, and remains a valuable reference work today. Its primary focus was "to deal with terms relating to knowledge and technique, not only providing definitions but also…furnishing explanations and showing the relationships of concepts." (Grove Online). The Dictionnaire’s 900 entries cover ideas relating to acoustics, music theory, performance, interpretation, the poetics of musical and operatic genres, general musical aesthetics, the history of music and its geographical variation.