Gioseffo Zarlino

Alias: Iosephus Zarlinus

Life

Born: 31 January 1517

Died: 4 February 1590

Biography

Italian theorist and composer. He was a leading theorist of counterpoint in the 16th century. In his book Le istitutioni harmoniche, a landmark in the history of music theory, he achieved an integration of speculative and practical theory and established Willaert’s methods as models for contrapuntal writing. —Grove Online

Zarlino was a student of Adrian Willaert. From 1565 to 1590, he was maestro di cappella at San Marco, Venice, where he taught Giovanni Croce, Girolamo Diruta, Bernardo Garugli, Claudio Merulo, and others.

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List of choral works

• Ave Maria - Secunda Pars
• Ecce tu pulchra es
• Ego rosa Saron
• I' vo piangendo
• Lectio pro defunctis: Parce mihi Domine, Ecce iam venit
• Nemo potest venire
• Nigra sum, sed formosa
• O quam gloriosum
• Pater noster - Prima pars
• Si bona suscepimus

 
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Publications

• Quinque vocum moduli liber primus (Venice, 1549)
• Modulationes sex vocum (Venice, 1566)

External links

Works by Gioseffo Zarlino in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)