Dictionnaire de musique (Brossard, Sébastien de)

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French

Editor 1st editon
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Christophe Ballard, 1703.
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Editor 3rd edition
Language French
Publisher. Info. Amsterdam: Estienne Roger, n.d.(ca.1708).
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Editor 6th edition
Language French
Publisher. Info. Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, n.d.(ca.1710).
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English

Language English
Translator James Grassineau, English text
Publisher. Info. London: J. Wilcox, 1740.
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Editor New edition, with appendix from Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Language English
Translator James Grassineau, English text
Publisher. Info. London: J. Robson, 1769.
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General Information

Work Title Dictionnaire de musique
Alternative. Title Dictionaire de musique, contenant une explication des termes grecs, latins, italiens & françois les plus usitez
Composer Brossard, Sébastien de
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
First Publication. 1701
Language French (+ translations)
Dedication Evesque de Meaux (in second editon)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque

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Grove Music lists two publications:

  • Dictionaire des termes grecs, latins et italiens (Paris, 1701)
  • Dictionaire de musique, contenant une explication des termes grecs, latins, italiens et françois (Paris, 1703/ R, 2/1705; ed. and trans. A Gruber, 1982) [as 1701 edn, except in folio and includes ‘Catalogue de plus de 900 auteurs qui ont écrit sur la musique’]


The preface to the Roger (Amsterdam) "third edition" cites something in the Preface which has a date of 1702. The date of this edition ca. 1708. The "sixth edition" is ca. 1710.