Die deutsche Kompositionslehre des 18. Jahrhunderts. Im Anhang: Johann Adolph Scheibe, Compendium Musices - Benary, Peter; Scheibe, Johann Adolph 1708-1776 (Leipzig Breitkopf & Härtel, 1955)
Compendium musices Theoretico-practicum das ist Kurzer Begriff derer nöthigsten Compositions-Regeln
Scheibe’s writings on music theoretical issues is quite extensive and full of small anecdotes and details about his life. Scheibe already felt an urge to write on music theory while he was in Leipzig. Around 1735 he finished a treatise, Compendium musices, which he seems to have planned for publication. The treatise was copied by the composer Christoph Graupner, while another transcript carried out by a professional copyist is now located in Leipzig as part of the C.F. Becker collection. At one point, the autograph seems to have been in the library of Niels Schiørring, who was a pupil of Scheibe and might have obtained it from Scheibe’s heirs. Unfortunately, the fate of this important library is unknown.
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Composing; Music history; Germany