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The Elements of Musick Display'd (1772)

About

The Elements of Musick Display'd is a music theory treatise written by English composer and music theorist William Tan'sur. The work contains a revised version of his earlier work, A New Musical Grammar​ (1746). The work is split into five books:
  1. An universal introduction to all the rudiments of musick... And of Characters, Keys
  2. Of Time, in all its various Moods
  3. The Structure of Musical Instruments
  4. The Theory of Sound, Philosophically considered
  5. A New Musical-Dicitionary
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  • Resource Type: Music Theory Treatise
  • Year Published: 1772
  • Contributor(s): ​
    • ​William Tans'ur (author)
  • Terminology Utilized: 
    • ​​"Flute" = Vertical Flute
    • "Common Flute" = Vertical Flute
    • "Flute" = Transverse Flute
    • "German Flute" = Transverse Flute
  • Location of Publication: London
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Terminology

While the flute is referenced throughout the text, the section of most interest is by far the third and fourth chapters of Book 3, entitled "Of the Common Flute, or Flagelet" and "Of the German-Flute and Bassoon." In the third chapter, the term "Common Flute" is only used in the chapter's title while the term "Flute" is used to refer to the instrument throughout the rest of the chapter. However, in chapter four, the term "German Flute" occurs once in the body of text when it is being compared to the "Common Flute." Otherwise, the term "Flute" is generally used throughout the remainder of that chapter as well.
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The first page of Book 3, Chapter 3 "Of the Common Flute, Or Flagelet" in The Elements of Musick Display'd
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The first page of Book 3, Chapter 4 "Of the German-Flute, and Bassoon" in The Elements of Musick Display'd
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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