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| Id |
25748 |
| Category |
antiquarian book |
| Author / Composer |
BERLIN, Johan Daniel (1714-1787) |
| Title |
Musicaliske Elementer eller Anleedning til Forstand paa De første Ting udi Musiquen hvor udi Den Musicaliske Signatur I den Bruug som den nu haves hos de fleeste, saa ogsaa Applicaturen paa nogle saa kaldre strygende og bloesende Instrumenter og andet meere Musiquen tilhorende; for dem, som ere Elstere af at laegge tet Grund til at forstaae det Musicaliske Vaesen, fort og tydeligen anført, fuldfærdiget og udgivet ved Johann Daniel Berlin. |
| Place |
Tronhiem |
| Publisher |
Tryst paa Autors Bekostning af Jens Christ. Winding |
| Publication Date |
1744 |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Oblong 8vo. [viii (title, contents, foreword)], 130, [i] pp. |
| Description |
Original plain wrappers (a little stained and marked), preserved in a modern quarter leather slipcase. Engraved. Early ownership signature of Mathias Berlin (?relation of the author); from the collection of Christopher Hogwood (1941-2014). "Berlin was probably the most exceptional and versatile figure in 18th-century Trondheim: he not only conscientiously carried out his duties as city musician, but published books and papers on a variety of subjects (including music theory, meteorology and astronomy); he arranged concerts, composed, and built instruments; he was for many years the head of the city fire-service and inspector of the city waterworks; he was a map designer and architect; and he owned one of the largest collections of music literature and instruments in Norway. His Musikalske elementer is the first Danish-Norwegian music textbook and is still considered an instructive and comprehensive work. His papers on other subjects were published by the Royal Norwegian Scientific Association, of which he was a founder-member (1760). In 1746 Berlin built a keyboard viola da gamba which he called ‘cembalo da gamba verticale’, in 1751 a piano with a pedal and in 1752 a monochord; in addition he constructed a mechanism to enable him to play loud and soft on his Haas harpsichord" (Grove Online). |
| Reference |
Rare. RISM B/VI/1 pp.139-140 references just two copies. WorldCat references just four copies. |
| Price |
£2250.00 |
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