Malcolm, Alexander
(1685–1763)
ALEXANDER MALCOLMMALCOLM, ALEXANDERALEXANDER MALCOLM [* 1685-† 1763] When Alexander Malcolm offered A Treatise of Musick: Speculative, Practical, and Historical (1721) to the musical public, he acknowledged that it should be regarded as a convenient and well-organized compilation of existing theory rather than as an original contribution to that theory. What the reader found was over six hundred pages documenting the basic premises of the art, with special emphasis upon the physics of music…