Gioseffo Zarlino

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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

View the Wikipedia article on Gioseffo Zarlino.

List of choral works

 
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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)