A Study of Two Seventeenth-Century Teaching Manuals in Hamburg: Critical Editions and Translations of Thomas Selle's Kurtze Doch Gründtliche Anleitung zur Singekunst (c. 1642) and Heinrich Grimm's Instrumentum Instrumentorum, Hoc Est, Monochordum vel Potius Decachordum (1634)

• Other Authors: Carter, Joanna L. (authoraut)
• Format: Others
• Language: English; English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: Music
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-4146

Two manuscript music primers used by the Hamburg cantor Thomas Selle (1599-1663) serve as the basis for this dissertation. Bound together in the seventeenth century, these two manuscripts are the Kurtze doch gründtliche anleitung zur Singekunst (c. 1642), Selle's own manual outlining rudimentary theory and solmization practices, and Instrumentum Instrumentorum, hoc est, Monochordum vel potius Decachordum (1634), a treatise by another North German cantor, Heinrich Grimm, on the division of the monochord and its practical application for teaching music theory. In addition to providing translations and transcriptions of the two manuscripts and accompanying critical notes, the dissertation examines topics such as the careers of both cantors, the role of music instruction in Hamburg's St. Johannis-Schule in the early seventeenth century, and a possible network of cantors and theorists surrounding Selle's teacher, Seth Calvisius. Commentaries on the manuscripts describe the transmission, structure, and content of the texts, as well as place them within the history of German music instruction manuals. The examination reveals that each of the manuscripts includes useful didactic methods and noteworthy features, which distinguish it from other music primers of the period. As a result, both Selle and Grimm may be viewed as more progressive educators than many of their contemporaries. === A Dissertation submitted to the School of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. === Fall Semester, 2002. === November 8, 2002. === Musical Instruction, Musical Analysis, Thomas Selle === Includes bibliographical references. === Jeffery T. Kite-Powell, Professor Directing Dissertation; Bruce Boehrer, Outside Committee Member; Hans-Friedrich Mueller, Outside Committee Member; Douglass Seaton, Committee Member; Charles E. Brewer, Committee Member.