The Music Treatises of Thomas Ravenscroft: 'Treatise of Practicall Musicke' and A Briefe Discourse - Music Theory in Britain, 1500-1700: Critical Editions by Ross W. Duffin Details
Thomas Ravenscroft is known as a tour guide because of his three published collections: Pammelia and Deuteromelia (both 1609) and Melismata (1611), as well as his balance with the complete…
Thomas Ravenscroft is known as a tour guide because of his three published collections: Pammelia and Deuteromelia (both 1609) and Melismata (1611), as well as his balance with the complete Psalmes (1621) and his original sanctuary. Ravenscroft, a landscape in addition to an author and editor, wrote two treatises on music theory: The Well-Known Discourse (1614) and The A Study of Practicall Musicke (c.1607), which is still in manuscript.
This is the first book that combines theoretical work by this important Jacobi musician and offers critical studies and transcription of these letters. In addition, Briefe Discourse offers a selection of music by Ravenscroft, John Bennet, and Ravenscroft's guide, Edward Pearce, illustrating some of the concepts in the message.
Daven's critical discussion will help explain Ravenscroft's complex view of focusing, in particular.
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