1st Edition
A Briefe and Short Instruction of the Art of Musicke by Elway Bevin
Edited By Denis Collins
Copyright 2007
152 Pages
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Routledge
Elway Bevin's A Briefe and Short Instruction of the Art of Musicke begins with rudimentary instruction on consonance, dissonance and proportions but quickly turns to a presentation of examples of plainsong-based canonic writing of increasing complexity and remarkable diversity. Bevin's book was well known in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and was quoted or commented upon by Christopher... Read more
Contents: Series editor's preface; Part I Introduction: Elway Bevin and canon in England: Background to Bevin; An overview of the typology of canons; English theories of canon before Bevin; Collections of plainsong canons; The contents of A Briefe and Short Instruction ; English theories of canon after Bevin; Part II Elway Bevin A Briefe and Short Instruction of the Art of Musicke: Editorial note; Edition; Notes. Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Denis Collins is Lecturer at the University of Queensland, Australia.
’... [the book] will give its readers new insights into English musicians' thinking and activity during Bevin's lifetime.’ The Consort ’... Collins's critical edition of Bevin's treatise is excellent and provides readers with insight into English musicians' thinking and activities during the late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century.’ Renaissance Quarterly
