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William Holder
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William Holder (1616 - January 24, 1698) was an English music theorist of the 17th century. His most notable work was his widely known 1694 publication A Treatise on the Natural Grounds and Principles of Harmony.
He was a fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge in 1640, and married Susanna Wren in 1643. In 1662 he received a D.D. Oxon., and was a fellow of the Royal Society in 1663. He became a Canon of St. Paul's in 1672, and served as sub-dean of the Chapel Royal from 1674 until 1689 when he resigned. In 1687 he had been preferred to the rectory of Therfield. A few of his musical compositions survive in the British Library in the Harleian MSS 7338 and 7339.
- Poole, H. Edumund. The Printing of William Holder's 'Principles of Harmony', Proceedings of the Royal Music Association, vol. 101, 1974. pp. 31-43. ↑2 p. 31.
- Holder, William, A Treatise on the Natural Grounds, and Principles of Harmony, facsimile of the 1694 edition, Broude Brothers, New York, 1967.
- Johnson, Jane Troy. The rules for 'Through Bass' and for tuning attributed to Handel, Early Music, february 1989. ↑1 "...well-circulated and copied about in the first part of the 18th century." footnotes p. 77.
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