Synopsis of Vocal Musick by A.B. Philo-Mus.
- Editor: Herissone, Rebecca
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Contents
- Contents: Preface
- Introduction. Synopsis of Vocal Musick: The preface
- Epistola Dedicatoria
- Of Vocal Musick in general
- Of the Notes
- Of the Pricks
- Of the Pauses
- Of the Signs of the Common Time
- Of the slower Triple
- Of the Swifter Triple
- Of the Swiftest Triple
- Of the slower Sesquialtre
- Of the Swifter Sesquialtre
- Of the Swiftest Sesquialtre
- Of the Systems
- Of the Bars, and Repeats
- Of the Cliffs
- Of the Use of Cliffs in respect of Voices
- Of the Use of Cliffs in respect of Notes
- Of the Syllables
- Of the Scale of Musick
- Of the Order of the Generation of the Degrees
- Of the Intervals of the Degrees
- Of the agreeableness of the Cliffs and Syllables with the Degrees of the Scale of Musick
- Of the generation of an Eighth in b flat
- Of the lesser principal and secondary contained signs
- Of the signs of the breadth of sounds, and of things
- Of the signs of the Ornaments of Songs
- Of the second Mean to attain the Art of Musick. Twelve Most Usual Tunes of Psalms: In Three Parts. Treble, Mean, and Bass
- Twelve Selected English Tunes in Three Parts. Two Trebles and a Bass
- Twelve Selected English Catches A. 3. Voc. Composed by sundry Authors
- Fourteen Italian Songs Composed by Giovanni Giacomo Castoldi da Carravaggio
- Notes
- Critical commentary
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index.