Harmonicorum libri (Marsenne)
Title
Harmonicorum libri (Marsenne)
Harmonicorum instrumentorum libri IV
Alternative Title
F. Marini Mersenni ordinis Minim. Harmonicorum libri in quibus agitur de sonorum natura causis et effectibus de consonantiis, dissonantiis, rationibus, generibus, modis, cantibus, compositione, orbisque totius harmonicis instrumentis
Creator
Marin Marsenne (1588 - 1648)
Publisher
Sumptibus Gvillelmi Baudry, Lvtetiæ Parisiorvm
Date
1636
1635 (Worldcat)
Type
Monograph
Source
Bibliothèque nationale de France: Paris, France.
Is Referenced By
Gallica
Abstract
One of the fundamental sources in the history of music theory.
"The first sketches appeared in the Traité de l’harmonie universelle (1627), Questions harmoniques (1634), and Les préludes de l’harmonie universelle (1634). Meanwhile, by 1629 Mersenne had planned and soon afterward began writing simultaneously two sets of treatises, in French and in Latin, which together form his great systematic work and were published as the two parts of Harmonie universelle, contenant la théorie et la pratique de la musique (1636, 1637), and the eight books of Harmonicorum libri with Harmonicorum instrumentorum libri IV (1636)."
"Mersenne, Marin ." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. . Encyclopedia.com. (December 11, 2023). https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/mersenne-marin
Original: Latin
Horum autem sonis Tympani H I K sonitum adiungunt: quod & à veteribus cum Cymbalis A B C D, & G E F à Pignorio descriptis factum esse, iamque fieri cum Cymbalis vulgaribus A B C sequente paginâ expressis notum est, quorum quinque annuli moueturur ope baculi ferrei D E, vt percutiant letera Trianguli. Quod ad Castagnetas attinet, adhiberisolent Hispanicx Citharae, quanquam aliqui satis seleciter, atuqe iucundè saltant ad solum cantum
Translation: English
And to these sounds they add the sound of the Tympanum H I K: that it was done with the old cymbals A B C D, & G E F described by Pignorio, and it is now known to be done with the vulgar cymbals A B C expressed on the following page, the five rings of which are moved with the help of an iron staff D E, that is to say the letters of the Triangle.
"The first sketches appeared in the Traité de l’harmonie universelle (1627), Questions harmoniques (1634), and Les préludes de l’harmonie universelle (1634). Meanwhile, by 1629 Mersenne had planned and soon afterward began writing simultaneously two sets of treatises, in French and in Latin, which together form his great systematic work and were published as the two parts of Harmonie universelle, contenant la théorie et la pratique de la musique (1636, 1637), and the eight books of Harmonicorum libri with Harmonicorum instrumentorum libri IV (1636)."
"Mersenne, Marin ." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. . Encyclopedia.com. (December 11, 2023). https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/mersenne-marin
Original: Latin
Horum autem sonis Tympani H I K sonitum adiungunt: quod & à veteribus cum Cymbalis A B C D, & G E F à Pignorio descriptis factum esse, iamque fieri cum Cymbalis vulgaribus A B C sequente paginâ expressis notum est, quorum quinque annuli moueturur ope baculi ferrei D E, vt percutiant letera Trianguli. Quod ad Castagnetas attinet, adhiberisolent Hispanicx Citharae, quanquam aliqui satis seleciter, atuqe iucundè saltant ad solum cantum
Translation: English
And to these sounds they add the sound of the Tympanum H I K: that it was done with the old cymbals A B C D, & G E F described by Pignorio, and it is now known to be done with the vulgar cymbals A B C expressed on the following page, the five rings of which are moved with the help of an iron staff D E, that is to say the letters of the Triangle.
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Collection
Citation
Marin Marsenne (1588 - 1648), “Harmonicorum libri (Marsenne),” The Triangle Research Hub, accessed May 3, 2024, https://triangleresearchhub.omeka.net/items/show/2478.
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