The Music Treatises of Thomas Ravenscroft: 'Treatise of Practicall Musicke' and A Briefe Discourse

By Ross W. Duffin

Book Overview

Thomas Ravenscroft is best-known as a composer of rounds owing to his three published collections: Pammelia and Deuteromelia (both 1609), and Melismata (1611), in addition to his harmonizations of the Whole Booke of Psalmes (1621) and his original sacred works. A theorist, composer and editor, Ravenscroft wrote two treatises on music theory: A Brie

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367669536
• ISBN13: 9780367669539
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"