Renaissance Reform of Medieval Music Theory Guido of Arezzo Between Myth and History

Name: Renaissance Reform of Medieval Music Theory Guido of Arezzo Between Myth and History
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ISBN: 9780521884150

ISBN-10: 0521884152

ISBN-13: 9780521884150

Edition: 2010

Authors: Stefano Mengozzi

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Book details

List price: $133.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/11/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 7.20" wide x 10.00" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English



List of illustrations


List of tables


List of musical examples


Preface


List of abbreviations


Introduction: Guido's hexachord: old facts and new questions



Guidonian Solmization in Music Theory and Practice



Guido's musical syllables: conflicting views from modern historiography



Inside the gamut: the major sixth in Guido of Arezzo and Hermannus Contractus



Hands off! Singing without the syllables in the Middle Ages



The making of a system: medieval music semiotics in transition


Interlude: All hexachords are ï¿½softï¿½



Reforming the Music Curriculum in the Age of Humanism



Back to the monochord: church reform and music theory in the fifteenth century



Normalizing the humanist: Johannes Gallicus as a ï¿½follower of Guidoï¿½



Gafori's Hand: forging a new Guido for a new humanist culture



Hexachordal theory and deductive method in Gioseffo Zarlino's Dimostrationi harmoniche (1571)


Epilogue: Discarding the Guidonian image of early music


Bibliography


Index