Author: [CHATEAUNEUF (Francois Castagnere, Abbé de)]:
Title: Dialogue sur la Musique des Anciens. A Monsieur de ***.
Description: A Paris, Chés [sic] Noel Pissot..., 1725. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, signed in 8s and 4s, pp. [viii], 126 [127 - 130 Approbation and Privilege, 131 Errata, 132 blank], 7 engraved plates, opposite pp. 30, 32, 40, 49 (2 plates, one folding), 52, 62, contemporary sheepskin, spine ornately gilt inc. compartments; lacks label, top and base of spine chipped, spine a bit rubbed, front joint cracked (but firm), corners worn. With ms. notes in a contemporary hand on the front free end-papers. The abbé Chateauneuf, who died in 1708, was a member of a prosperous and influential family, and he is perhaps remembered by posterity more for having been one of the lovers of Ninon d'Enclos and a godfather to Voltaire than for his contributions to musicology. Ninon d'Enclos appears in the "dialogue" as de Leontium. The work celebrates the invention of a dulcimer by Pantaleon Hebenstreit. The work was prepared for publication by Jacques Morabin.and was reprinted in 1735.

Keywords: music theory prose French


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