Syntagma musicum
The Syntagma musicum is one of the musicological writings of the composer Michael Praetorius . It is one of the most important works in music theory literature. The three volumes contain extensive information on studying historical performance practice and historical musical instrument making .
content
Volume 1: De Musica Sacra ( Wittenberg 1614/15)
- Discursus de Musica Choreali et veterum Psalmodia.
- Comentarii de Missodia vel Leturgia summa.
- Explicatio Matutinae et vespertinae Leturgiae: cum aliis annexis.
- Contemplatio Musicae Instrumentalis Ecclesiasticae, cum in Veteris, tum Novi Testamenti Ecclesia usitatae.
Volume 2: De Organographia ( Wolfenbüttel 1619)
- All musical old and new /… / instrument nomenclature
- Some description of the old and new organs
Volume 3 (Wolfenbüttel 1619)
- The meaning / as well as the section and description of almost all names / of the Italian / French / English and chants currently in use in Germany
- What in singing / with the notes and tactu, modes and transpositions, partibus seu vocibus and differentiated choris, also to be observed with the unisonis and octavis
- How to use the Italian and other Termini Musici ...
Classification of musical instruments
The second volume, as a separate part, which was published under the title Theatrum Instrumentorum seu Sciagraphia (Wolfenbüttel 1620), contains images of contemporary musical instruments and a classification of musical instruments that are important sources for historical musical instrument making. In addition to the string and wind instruments known in Europe at the time, there is also the first image of an African Pluriarc .
See also
expenditure
- Michael Praetorius: Syntagma musicum.
- Volume 1: Musicae artis analecta. Wittenberg 1614/15 ( archive.org ).
- Volume 2: De Organographia. Wolfenbüttel 1619 ( archive.org ).
- Volume 3. Wolfenbüttel 1619 ( archive.org ).
- Michael Praetorius: Syntagma musicum . Facsimile reprint ed. by Wilibald Gurlitt . 3 vols. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1958–59; 3rd edition 1978, ISBN 3-7618-0184-X .
- Michael Praetorius: Syntagma musicum . Facsimile reprint ed. and with an introduction by Arno Forchert. 3 volumes. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2013, ISBN 978-3-7618-1527-4 .
literature
- Dietlind Möller-Weiser: Investigations on the 1st volume of the Syntagma musicum by Michael Praetorius. Bärenreiter, Kassel etc. 1993, ISBN 3-7618-1027-X (Zugl .: Paderborn, Univ., Diss., 1987).
