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A Vade Mecum for the Lovers of Musick (1679)

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A Vade Mecum for the Lovers of Musick Shewing the Excellency of the Rechorder is an instructional method for the vertical flute  (referred to as a "rechorder" and a "recorder" at various points throughout the text) published by John Hudgebut in 1679. The book includes instructions for holding and playing the recorder as well as scales, fingering charts, and introductory tunes.

Hudgebut was a music publisher and bookseller who ran a shop called Golden Harp and Hautboy in London, England. Although he is not believed to have received any formal music education, he published a wide variety of flute- and recorder-related materials, in addition to ​A Vade Mecum, including A Collection of New Ayres: Composed for Two Flutes (1695) and Thesaurus Musicus ​(1693).
  • Resource Type: Instructional Method​
  • Year Published: 1679
  • Contributor(s): John Hudgebut​
  • Terminology Utilized: 
    • ​​​"Rechorder" = Vertical Flute
    • "Recorder" = Vertical Flute
  • Location of Publication: London
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Terminology

This manual is clearly meant for the vertical flute, as evidenced by the vertically-oriented fingering charts used throughout the text. Hudgebut refers to the instrument as both a "rechorder" and a "recorder" throughout the text.
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Pages 2 and 3 of A Vade Mecum showing the vertical fingering charts used throughout the book.
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Pages ii and iii of A Vade Mecum. Page ii (left) shows the term "Rechorder" used in a subtitle while the term "Recorder" is used in the last line of text. Page iii (right) shows the term 'Rechorder" being used in a subtitle and in the second-to-last line of text.
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Pages iv and v of A Vade Mecum. Page iv (left) shows the term "Recorder" being used in the subtitle despite having been spelled "Rechorder" in the same subtitle on the previous page (see above right image). Page iv also shows the spelling "Rechorder" being used twice in the body of text, once in the first line and a second time on the third-to-last line. The spelling "Rechorder" is again used on Page v (right).
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  • Home
  • About The Project
  • The Poster
  • Select Analyses
    • 16th Century >
      • The King's Musick
    • 17th Century >
      • A Vade Mecum for the Lovers of Musick (1679)
      • The Genteel Companion (1683)
      • Thesaurus Musicus (1693)
      • A Collection of New Ayres (1695)
      • The Compleat Flute-Master (1695)
    • 18th Century >
      • A comparison between the French and Italian musick and opera's (1709)
      • The Modern Musik-Master (1730)
      • The Bird Fancyer's Delight (1717)
      • A Short Explication of Such Foreign Words, as are Made use of in Musick Books (1724)
      • Grassineau Musical Dictionary (1740)
      • Nancy or The Parting Lovers (1740)
      • The Compleat Tutor for the Flute (1746)
      • Dictionarium Musica (1770)
      • The Present State of Music in France and Italy (1771)
      • The Elements of Musick Display'd (1772)
      • Longman & Broderip 1774 Music Catalog (1774)
      • A General History of the Science and Practice of Music (1776)
      • New Music: Engraved, Printed, and Sold by John Preston (1781)
    • 19th Century >
      • The Cyclopædia (1819)
  • The Index
    • Poster Footnotes