{"product_id":"a-plaine-and-easie-introduction-to-practicall-musicke","title":"\"A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke\" - Thomas Morley 1608","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eA Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke. Set downe in forme of a Dialogue.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\"Imprinted at London by \u003cem\u003eHumfrey Lownes\u003c\/em\u003e, Dwelling at Bredstreet hill at the Signe of the Star. 1608\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e-Thomas Morley (1557-1602)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e-Folio (280 x 185 mm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e-Complete: Title page, [4], 184, [10], [24] pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e-Allegorical woodcut title, woodcut initials and ornaments, typographic music in \"table\" format\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e-Early nineteenth-century blue\/green morocco binding, spine lettered in gilt, all text edges gilt (light rubbing). \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e-A few marginal repairs, some toning, some minor trimming to text block (not affecting text or music). Otherwise a clean, complete copy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThe second edition of one the great examples of English music printing, and \"\u003cem\u003eP\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eerhaps the most famous musical treatise in the English Language\u003c\/em\u003e\" (The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe lavish title page is rich in allegory and includes the classical figures of Ptolemy, Strabo, and Polybius, alongside representations of Arithmetic, Geometry, and Music. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe design reflects the Renaissance view of music as not just a performing art, but also an intellectual and mathematical discipline.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst published in 1597, Thomas Morley’s work remained the standard English manual on singing and composition for generations. Morley was the foremost composer of secular music in Shakesperian England. He was Organist at St Paul's Cathedral and is credited with popularising the Italian Madrigal in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThis work was \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ededicated to William Byrd, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ethe most famous English composer of his day, and written as an entertaining dialogue between a teacher and their pupil. The work is celebrated for its musical typography in a \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003etable-book format. V\u003c\/span\u003eocal parts are printed in different orientations on a double page so that several singers could read and perform \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003efrom a single copy. Uncommon on the market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eESTC S115094. STC 18134\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Bry Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57056510378362,"sku":null,"price":16500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/2969\/2075\/files\/82231e66-f245-46f6-b991-636c35ee4702.jpg?v=1783678516","url":"https:\/\/debryrarebooks.com\/products\/a-plaine-and-easie-introduction-to-practicall-musicke","provider":"De Bry Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}