A Briefe and Short Instruction on the Art of Musicke (Bevin, Elway)

First Publication	1631
Genre Categories	Music theory; Writings; Canons; For 3 instruments; Scores with open instrumentation; For 3 players; For 4 instruments; For 4 players; For 5 instruments; For 5 players; English language

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Publisher. Info.	London: R. Young, 1631
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Work Title	A Briefe and Short Instruction on the Art of Musicke
Alternative. Title	A briefe and short instruction of the art of musicke : to teach how to make discant, of all proportions that are in vse: very necessary for all such as are desirous to attaine to knowledge in the art ; and may by practice, if they can sing, soone be able to compose three, foure, and five parts: and also to compose all sorts of canons that are usuall, by these directions of two or three parts in one, upon the plain-song
Composer	Bevin, Elway
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	None [force assignment]
First Publication.	1631
Language	English
Dedication	Bishop of Gloucester
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Renaissance
Piece Style	Renaissance

A book of music theory with many puzzle canons. Bevin was famous for his canons in his day, and published two books of them, but both are lost.