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Prosdocimo de' Beldomandi's Plana musica and Musica speculativa
Edited by Jan Herlinger
Cloth978-0-252-03259-2
$40.00
| Pub Date: | 2008 |
| Pages: | 336 pages |
| Dimensions: | 6 x 9 in. |
| Illustrations: | 2 Photographs |
The first critical edition of two musical treatises by an Italian music theorist, mathematician, and physician
Available in English for the first time, Prosdocimo's Tractatus plane musice (1412) and Tractatus musice speculative (1425) are exemplary texts for understanding the high sophistication of music theory in the early fifteenth century. Known for considering music as a science based on demonstrable mathematical principles, Prosdocimo praises Marchetto for his theory of plainchant but criticizes his influential Lucidarium for its heterodox mathematics. In dismissing Marchetto as a "mere performer," Prosdocimo takes up matters as broad as the nature and definition of music and as precise as counterpoint, tuning, and ecclesiastical modes. The treatises also reveal much about Prosdocimo's understanding of plainchant; his work with Euclid's Elementa; and his familiarity with the music theory of Boethius, Macrobius, and Johannes de Muris. A foremost authority on Italian music theory of the Middle Ages and early Renaissance, Jan Herlinger consults manuscripts from Bologna, Cremona, and Lucca in preparing these valuable first critical editions.
"Herlinger knows more about this theorist and his context than any other scholar, and this book continues his excellent previous editions and translations of medieval music treatises. The quality of Herlinger's work is high throughout."--Margaret Bent, senior research fellow, All Souls College, Oxford
Jan Herlinger is the Derryl and Helen Haymon Professor of Music at Louisiana State University, and the editor and translator of Marchetto of Padua's Lucidarium in arte musice plane and two other treatises by Prosdocimo.
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Series:
Studies in the History of Music Theory and Literature
Subjects:
Music / Medieval & Renaissance Studies / Translation
