A Briefe and Short Instruction on the Art of Musicke (Bevin, Elway)
| 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 |
| Creators | Elway Bevin, composer |
| Opus | — |
| Instrumentation | 3 Unspecified instruments 4 Unspecified instruments 5 Unspecified instruments |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | — |
| First published | 1631 |
| Dedication | Bishop of Gloucester |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Music theory, Canons |
| Language | English |
| Period | Renaissance |
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| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File (click to view) |
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| View | Complete | — | London: R. Young | 1631 | Complete book |
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