Nikolai Diletsky
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Nikolai Diletsky (Ukrainian: Микола Дилецкий, Russian: Николай Павлович Дилецкий, also Polish: Mikołaj Dylecki, c.1630, Kiev – c.1690, Moscow), was a famous Ukrainian Baroque composer of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He wrote an influential book entitled simply A Musical Grammar, first published in 1675, which expounded the basis of Western Music Theory.
<these are alternative dates of his life: 1650-1723 need to be checked by proper sources???>
[edit] Bibliography
- [Mykola Diletsky] Микола Дилецкий. Граматика музикальна. Фотокопия рукопису 1723 року. Київ, 1970.