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The modern musick master or, the universal musician, containing, I. An introduction to singing, after so easy a method, that persons of the meanest capacities may (in a short time learn to sing (in tune) any song that is set to musick. II. Directions for playing on the flute : with a scale for transposing any piece of musick to the properest keys for that instrument. III. The newest method for learners on the german flute, as improv'd by the greatest masters of the age. IV. Instructions upon the hautboy, in a more familiar method than any extant. V. The art of playing on the violin.. VI. The harpsichord illustrated and improv'd.. with a brief history of musick.. To which is added a musical dictionary.. Curiously adorn'd with cuts represen-ting the manner of performing on every instrument.
Éditions
London, Printing Office in Bow Church-Yard, 1730 [Instructions Upon The Hautboy, In a more Familiar Method than any extant. Together with A Curious Collection of Marches, Minuets, Rigadoons, and Opera Airs; By Mr. Handel, and other Eminent Masters, livre IV du Moderne Musick master] (6 ex.)
London, Printing office, 1731 (22 ex.)
Lordon, Printing Office and J. Simpson, [c. 1740] (4 ex.)
London, Printing Office, 1738 (2 ex.)
Éditions modernes
Instructions and tunes for the Treble Recorder, from The Modern Musick Master, 1731. Édité par E. Hunt, Schott, London 1960
Fac-similé édité par Alexander Hyatt, Documenta Musicologica, (Reihe 1, vol. 27), International Musicological Society and the International Association of Music Libraries, Bärenreiter, Kassel, 1965
Bibliographie
HAWKINS J.,
General History of the Science and Practice of Music [5 v.]. Paybe, London 1776
Notice biographique
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Compositeur, théoricien. D'origine française. Il est d'abord écrivain public à Londres. Il fait partie des exécutants de
Angel and Crown Concert
à Whitechapel, et il est tôt connu comme claveciniste. En 1728 il est organiste à Saint Alban de Londres (Wood Street) ; claveciniste et compositeur au Goodman's Field Theatre. En 1735, il est à l'orgue de la Christchurch de Spitalfield. En 1735, le Goodman Theatre est démoli, Prelleur est engagé au Theater New Wells dans Leman Street, où il crée son oeuvre la plus connue vers 1740,
Baucis and Philemon.
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Oeuvres musicales
The songs and duets in Baucis and Philemon as they are now performed at the New Wells in Goodman's Fields. London v.1740 [édition à compte d'auteur]
Concerti Grossi (signé P. P.), Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum.
Localisation des livres imprimés
B : Bruxelles, Bibliothèque Royale - GB : Cambridge, King's College - Cambridge, University Library - Dundee, Public Library - Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland - Glasgow, Euing Musical library - Glasgow, Mitchell library - London, British Museum - London, Royal College of Music - London, Sion College - Manchester, Public Library - Oxford, Bodleian Library - Oxford, Coke Collection - Oxford, Univ. Faculty Library - Wigan, Public Library - NL : Den Haag, Gemeente Museum - US : Ann Arbor, Mich., William L. Clements Library University of Michigan - Berkeley, Calif., Music Library University of California - Chicago, Ill. Newberry library - Los Angeles, Calif., William Andrewx Clark Memorial Library University of California - New York, N. Y., Music Division, New York Public Library - Phila-delphia, Pa., University of Pennsylvania Library - Richmond, Va., Virginia State Library - Rochester, N.Y., Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music - Waco, Texas, Baylor University Library - Washington, D.C., Music Divi-sion, Library of Congress
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