{"product_id":"10266-playford-john-a-brief-introduction-to-the-skill-of-musick","title":"Playford, John. (1613-1693) A Brief Introduction To The Skill of Musick.","description":"In two books... the Grounds and Rules of Musick... Instructions for the Viol and also for the Treble-Violin. To which is added a Third Book, entitled THE ART OF SETTING OR COMPOSING MUSICK IN PARTS, by Dr. Tho. Campion. Small 8vo, Title; pp. 17 - 136.  Lacking portrait and first 8 leaves, but including the prized engraved illustrations of viols in text as well as numerous diamond-shaped note musical scores printed from type.  Original full leather boards, apart from the lacking pages, some moderate browning around the edges, a very nice copy. The title page of the last part is dated 1661. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Playford was a famous publisher of music, a composer, and edited several valuable collections of music.  \"Playford was enough of a musician to compose many psalm tunes and one glee which became popular; and to write a handbook on the theory of music which, concise, plain and excellent, might well serve for a model today. It was the standard textbook on the subject for nearly a century\". (Barclay Squire, \"Catalogue of Printed Music before 1801, p. 280).  This is an early edition, quite rare, only a handful of copies listed on Worldcat.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093416300703,"sku":"10266","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Playford_Intro_10266a424.jpg?v=1722187880","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/10266-playford-john-a-brief-introduction-to-the-skill-of-musick","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}