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Thomas Mace (1612 or 1613 – c. 1706) was an English , viol player, singer, composer and musical theorist of the Baroque music era. His book Musick's Monument (1676) provides a valuable description of 17th century musical practice.
During the 1644 Siege of York, in the English Civil War, he was present in that city, where he had family.Spring (2006), p. 428
Its large section on the lute contained a comprehensive lute tutorial and guide to the instrument, and there was a similar, smaller section on the viol. The book also contained some metaphysical speculation regarding the significance of musical ratios such as the octave.Boyden (1965), p. 215
John Hawkins in A General History Of The Science and Practice Of Music (1776) commented:
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