Musicalische Discurse
Johann Beer
In 1719, nineteen years after his death, the Nuremberg publisher Monath printed the Musicalische Discurse of Johann Beer (1655–1700), concert master at the court of Saxe-Weissenfels and, as we know today, one of the great German novelists of his time: sixty short, often satirical chapters on composers, singers, organists, beer fiddlers and the art of beating time, with an epilogue and, as an appendix, Der Musicalische Krieg – the war between Composition and Harmony. Newly transcribed from two copies of the first edition, with the frontispiece and notes on persons and quotations. Edited by Bernhard Trebuch. Reading sample: the preface and the first three chapters.
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