The present practice of musick vindicated against the exceptions and new way of attaining musick lately publish'd by Thomas Salmon, M. A. &c.
By: by Matthew Locke ... To which is added Dvellvm mvsicvm by John Phillips, gent., together with a letter from John Playford to Mr. T. Salmon by way of confutation of his Essay, &c. ...
Contributors: Phillips, John, 1631-1706.; Playford, John, 1623-1686?
Publisher: N. Brooke [etc.]
Published: 1673
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Salmon, Thomas, 1648-1706.; Musical notation.
Notes: "In 1672 an extraordinary controversy commenced between Locke and Thomas Salmon, who had published An essay to the advancement of musick by casting away the perplexity of different cliffs ... Locke attacked the work in Observations upon a late book entitled An essay, etc. ... to which Salmon replied in A vindication of his essay ... and Locke in 1673 retorted in The present practice of music vindicated."--Grove, Dict. of music and musicians.
Bound with: Salmon, T. An essay to the advancement of musick ...