The Renaissance Reform of Medieval Music Theory: Guido Of Arezzo Between Myth And History - Couverture souple

Mengozzi, Stefano

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1107442575 ISBN 13 : 9781107442573

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Modern scholars have often portrayed the method of hexachordal solmization - the sight-singing method introduced by the 11th-century monk Guido of Arezzo - as the diatonic foundation of early music. Stefano Mengozzi challenges this view by examining a representative sample of the primary sources of solmization theory from Guido of Arezzo to Gioseffo Zarlino. These texts show that six-syllable solmization was only an option for sight-singing that never imposed its operational 'sixth-ness' onto the diatonic system, already grounded on the seven pitch letters. It was primarily through the agency of several 'classicizing' theorists of the humanist era that the six syllables came to be mistakenly conceived as a fundamental diatonic structure - a 'hexachord' built from the 'tetrachord' of the Ancient Greeks. The book will be of particular interest to readers seeking to deepen their knowledge of medieval and Renaissance musical thought with an eye to major intellectual trends of the time.

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À propos de l'auteur

Stefano Mengozzi is Associate Professor at the School of Music, Theatre and Dance, University of Michigan.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1107442575
• ISBN 13: 9781107442573
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 306
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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