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Here are the treatises themselves. You can read and compare for yourself just how different they were while still covering all the basic things would-be composers would need to know.
The Treatises
Playford's treatises with the addition of Purcell's counterpoint section.
This is Rameau's treatise Traite de l'harmonie. Compare the amount of information between the two treatises as well as the language and depth of each topic.
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