Playford, John. (1613-1693). A Brief Introduction To The Skill of Musick. . London: Printed for J. Playford. 1662. In two books... the Grounds and Rules of Musick... Instructions for the Viol and also for the Treble-Violin. To which is added a Third Book, entitled THE ART OF SETTING OR COMPOSING MUSICK IN PARTS, by Dr. Tho. Campion. Small 8vo, Title; pp. 17 - 136. Lacking portrait and first 8 leaves, but including the prized engraved illustrations of viols in text as well as numerous diamond-shaped note musical scores printed from type. Original full leather boards, apart from the lacking pages, some moderate browning around the edges, a very nice copy. The title page of the last part is dated 1661.
John Playford was a famous publisher of music, a composer, and edited several valuable collections of music. "Playford was enough of a musician to compose many psalm tunes and one glee which became popular; and to write a handbook on the theory of music which, concise, plain and excellent, might well serve for a model today. It was the standard textbook on the subject for nearly a century". (Barclay Squire, "Catalogue of Printed Music before 1801, p. 280). This is an early edition, quite rare, only a handful of copies listed on Worldcat.
John Playford was a famous publisher of music, a composer, and edited several valuable collections of music. "Playford was enough of a musician to compose many psalm tunes and one glee which became popular; and to write a handbook on the theory of music which, concise, plain and excellent, might well serve for a model today. It was the standard textbook on the subject for nearly a century". (Barclay Squire, "Catalogue of Printed Music before 1801, p. 280). This is an early edition, quite rare, only a handful of copies listed on Worldcat.
Playford, John. (1613-1693). A Brief Introduction To The Skill of Musick. . London: Printed for J. Playford. 1662. In two books... the Grounds and Rules of Musick... Instructions for the Viol and also for the Treble-Violin. To which is added a Third Book, entitled THE ART OF SETTING OR COMPOSING MUSICK IN PARTS, by Dr. Tho. Campion. Small 8vo, Title; pp. 17 - 136. Lacking portrait and first 8 leaves, but including the prized engraved illustrations of viols in text as well as numerous diamond-shaped note musical scores printed from type. Original full leather boards, apart from the lacking pages, some moderate browning around the edges, a very nice copy. The title page of the last part is dated 1661.
John Playford was a famous publisher of music, a composer, and edited several valuable collections of music. "Playford was enough of a musician to compose many psalm tunes and one glee which became popular; and to write a handbook on the theory of music which, concise, plain and excellent, might well serve for a model today. It was the standard textbook on the subject for nearly a century". (Barclay Squire, "Catalogue of Printed Music before 1801, p. 280). This is an early edition, quite rare, only a handful of copies listed on Worldcat.
John Playford was a famous publisher of music, a composer, and edited several valuable collections of music. "Playford was enough of a musician to compose many psalm tunes and one glee which became popular; and to write a handbook on the theory of music which, concise, plain and excellent, might well serve for a model today. It was the standard textbook on the subject for nearly a century". (Barclay Squire, "Catalogue of Printed Music before 1801, p. 280). This is an early edition, quite rare, only a handful of copies listed on Worldcat.