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Gioseffo Zarlino (31 January or 22 March 1517 – 4 February 1590) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance. He made a large contribution to the theory of counterpoint as well as to musical tuning.
Apr 17, 2024 · Gioseffo Zarlino (born March 22, 1517, Chioggia, Rep. of Venice [Italy]—died February 14, 1590, Venice) was a Venetian composer and writer on music, the most celebrated music theorist of the mid-16th century.
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The Italian music theorist and composer Gioseffo Zarlino (1517-1590) wrote the most lucid and comprehensive exposition of 16th-century counterpoint. Born in Chioggia near Venice, Gioseffo Zarlino received his initial training in religion and music from Franciscans, whose order he entered as early as 1537.
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May 19, 2022 · ZARLINO, Gioseffe, one of the most learned and enlightened musical theorists of the 16th century, was born in 1517 at Chioggia—the Clodia of the Romans—whence he was generally known as Zarlinus Clodiensis. By the wish of his father, Giovanni Zarlino, he spent his youth in studying for the Church; was admitted to the Minor Orders in 1539 ...
Dec 1, 2014 · One of the most important works in the history of music theory, Gioseffo Zarlino's 1558 treatise "Le Istitutioni Harmoniche" sought to unite music theory with the craft of composition. In his text, Zarlino teaches composers to study music using both reason and the senses in order to make their compositions more perfect.
Aug 21, 2012 · Le Istitutioni Harmoniche. by. Zarlino, Gioseffo. Publication date. 1558. Topics. Music theory, Writings, Music history, Writings, Performance practice, Writings, Italian language. Collection. imslp; additional_collections.
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