An introduction to the skill of musick
Subtitle: in three books. The first contains the grounds and principles of musick, according to the gam-ut, and other principles thereof. The second, instructions and lessons both for the bass-viol and treble-violin.  The third, the art of descant, or composing musick in parts: in a more plain and easie method than any heretofore published.
By: By John Playford.
Contributors: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Edition: 12th ed. Corrected and amended by Mr. Henry Purcell.
Publisher: Printed by E. Jones, for H. Playford
Published: 1694
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Music -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800; Violin -- Instruction and study -- Early works to 1800; Viola da gamba -- Instruction and study -- Early works to 1800; Counterpoint -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Skill of musick.
Notes: "A brief discourse of the Italian manner of singing ... written some years since by an English gentleman who had lived long in Italy, and being returned, taught the same here.": p. 31-46.