Contents

pp v-v

Acknowledgments

pp vi-vi

TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION

pp 1-2

1 - Jean Denis and the Traité de l'accord de l'espinette

pp 3-13

2 - Jean Denis and meantone temperament

pp 14-43

3 - The eight tons of the church

pp 44-50

4 - Notes on the translation

pp 51-54

THE TRANSLATION

pp 55-56

Epistle

pp 57-58

On the subject of harpsichord tuning

pp 59-60

Treatise on the tuning of the Harpsichord

pp 61-70

Procedure for tuning the harpsichord properly

pp 71-71

How the Harpsichord and the Prestant of the Organ should be tuned

pp 72-74

Advice to choirmasters and organists

pp 75-77

On the quantity and diversity of sounds

pp 78-83

The eight tons of the church

pp 84-87

Treatise on fugues, and how they should be realized [I]

pp 88-93

Treatise on fugues, and how they should be realized [II]

pp 94-96

The proper manner of playing the harpsichord and the organ

pp 97-100

On bad habits that occur among those who play instruments

pp 101-102

Appendix A - A comparison of parallel passages from the published writings of Jean Denis and Marin Mersenne

pp 103-105

Appendix B - A transcription of the ‘Prelude for determining whether the tuning is good throughout’

pp 106-107

Bibliography

pp 108-122

Index

pp 123-128