Perfacilis, breuis, et expedita ratio componendi symphonias, co[n]centusue musicos

Hitzenauer, Christoph, active 1580-1587, author, Reinmichel, Leonhard, active 1578-1600, printer, Bates, Joshua, 1788-1864, former owner, donor. MB · 1585 · Lavingae : [Per Leonhardum Reinmichaelium typographum Palatinum excusa] · 13 pictures

A 1585 treatise on music composition by Christoph Hitzenauer, printed at Landshut by Leonhard Reinmichel, aimed at those learning to write symphonies and musical harmony. The pictures are decorative woodcut initial letters, ornate capitals with foliage, scrollwork and interlace set beside lines of black-letter-style roman type, offering a designer ideas for historical display capitals, border framing and early modern printed page layout.

Composition (Music)

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