Sebastian Virdung

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Sebastian Virdung (born c. 1465) was a German writer on musical instruments. His Musica getuscht und angezogen[1] (Basel, 1511) is described as the first printed book on the subject.[2] It classifies instruments into families. It is also a source on musical notation.

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  1. ^ Summary; the title there quoted is the spelling Musica getutscht und aussgezogen. Internal evidence from the book is a source for information about Virdung: he is there described as a priest, and the German dialect is Bavarian.
  2. ^ [1]. The second is said to be Musica instrumentalis deudsch (1529) by Martin Agricola. These works are both illustrated, and important for the history of European instruments. See for example [2] on the rebec.
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