Thielo, Carl August. (1702 - 1763). Grund-Regeln wie man, bey weniger Information, sich selbst die Fundamenta der Music und des Claviers lernen kan...Erster Theil. . Copenhagen: [The Author]. 1753. First edition. Oblong 8vo (16 x 21 cm). Complete in 81 pp, woodblock printed, with 41 engraved pages of musical scores. Title page beautifully calligraphied, period ownership signature lower right, bound in cont. full red velvet/velour, all edges gilt. Binding rubbed, final signature separated but otherwise fine. A rare copy of this self-published volume, only two copies of which are recorded by Worldcat (LOC and the Biblioteca Danica).
The Danish composer, theatre entrepreneur, music teacher, and organist from Saxony spent most of his life in Copenhagen from the 1720s onwards and founded the first opera house there in 1746. A student of Johann Gottfried Walther, Thielo was the author of several important Danish treatises and was also the German court organist under Christian VI. According to Fétis, the present volume is an abridged translation of Thielo's 1746 "Tanker og regler fra grunden af om musiken."
The Danish composer, theatre entrepreneur, music teacher, and organist from Saxony spent most of his life in Copenhagen from the 1720s onwards and founded the first opera house there in 1746. A student of Johann Gottfried Walther, Thielo was the author of several important Danish treatises and was also the German court organist under Christian VI. According to Fétis, the present volume is an abridged translation of Thielo's 1746 "Tanker og regler fra grunden af om musiken."
Thielo, Carl August. (1702 - 1763). Grund-Regeln wie man, bey weniger Information, sich selbst die Fundamenta der Music und des Claviers lernen kan...Erster Theil. . Copenhagen: [The Author]. 1753. First edition. Oblong 8vo (16 x 21 cm). Complete in 81 pp, woodblock printed, with 41 engraved pages of musical scores. Title page beautifully calligraphied, period ownership signature lower right, bound in cont. full red velvet/velour, all edges gilt. Binding rubbed, final signature separated but otherwise fine. A rare copy of this self-published volume, only two copies of which are recorded by Worldcat (LOC and the Biblioteca Danica).
The Danish composer, theatre entrepreneur, music teacher, and organist from Saxony spent most of his life in Copenhagen from the 1720s onwards and founded the first opera house there in 1746. A student of Johann Gottfried Walther, Thielo was the author of several important Danish treatises and was also the German court organist under Christian VI. According to Fétis, the present volume is an abridged translation of Thielo's 1746 "Tanker og regler fra grunden af om musiken."
The Danish composer, theatre entrepreneur, music teacher, and organist from Saxony spent most of his life in Copenhagen from the 1720s onwards and founded the first opera house there in 1746. A student of Johann Gottfried Walther, Thielo was the author of several important Danish treatises and was also the German court organist under Christian VI. According to Fétis, the present volume is an abridged translation of Thielo's 1746 "Tanker og regler fra grunden af om musiken."