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| a Flemish composer who settled in Naples at the court of King Ferrante I in the early 1470s; he authored many treatises on musical topics including the Liber de arte contrapuncti; he had low regard for music composed before the 15th century. |
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| Liber de arte contrapuncti |
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| one of the leading couterpoint treatises of the 15th century (A Book on the Art of Counterpoint), contains rules for counterpoint and the treatment of dissonances--including suspensions |
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| wrote the treatise Le istitutioni harmoniche (The Harmonic Foundations, 1558), he further refined the rules of counterpoint |
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| Le istitutioni harmoniche |
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| (The Harmonic Foundations), written by Gioseffo Zarlino, further deveolped the rules of counterpoint established by Johannes Tinctoris |
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| a priest, composer, and theorist who wrotes some of the first muscial treatises in Italian, he was amoung the first to compose voices simultaneously |
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| English theorist who laid the foundation for tuning based on simple ratios for thirds (5:4) and sixths (6:5) |
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| Bartolome Ramis de Pareia |
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| Spanish mathmetician and music theorist who proposed the just notation system to create perfectly tuned 3rds and 6ths |
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| most influential treatise writer of 15th-16th century, incorporated ideas from Greek treatises into his own: modes, consonance, dissonance, relationship of music and words, and tuning |
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| Swiss theorist, added four new modes in his book Dodekachordon (The Twelve String Lyre) |
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| (The Twelve String Lyre), this introduced aeolian and hyperaelian modes with the final on A, and Ionian and Hyoionian modes with the final on C. |
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| London, ca. 1520, introduced single impression printing with pieces of type containing everything: printed staff, notes, and the text together |
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| Paris (ca. 1494-1551/52), first to apply printing from a single impression on a widescale, imperfect staff lines appeared yet still it was a commercial success |
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| Harmonice musices odhecaton A |
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| (One Hundred Polyphonic Pieces) compiled by Ottaviano Petrucci it contained 96 pieces, the first collection of polyphonic music printed entirely from movable type |
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| complied Harmonice musices odhecaton A, first book of songs published on press, held a patent preventing other publishers from using it |
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