Zarlino's Le Istitutioni harmoniche, published in 1558, is one of the most influential music treatises of all time. To his contemporaries it revealed the secrets of composition he had learned from Adrian Willaert, who brought to Italy the polyphonic art of the Netherlands. To the modern scholar Zarlino's treatise illumines the compositional technique of the golden age of vocal polyphony. The essence of this art is contained in Part III, "The Art of Counterpoint," which is here translated into English for the first time.
| ISBN: | 9780393008333 |
| Publication date: | 8th June 2007 |
| Author: | Gioseffo Zarlino, Guy A Marco, Claude V Palisca |
| Publisher: | W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 294 pages |
| Series: | The Norton Library |
| Genres: |
Biography, Literature and Literary studies |
Zarlino's Le Istitutioni harmoniche, published in 1558, is one of the most influential music treatises of all time. To his contemporaries it revealed the secrets of composition he had learned from Adrian Willaert, who brought to Italy the polyphonic art of the Netherlands. To the modern scholar Zarlino's treatise illumines the compositional technique of the golden age of vocal polyphony. The essence of this art is contained in Part III, "The Art of Counterpoint," which is here translated into English for the first time.
The Art of Counterpoint features in the following genres: Biography, Literature and Literary studies
The Art of Counterpoint is available in Paperback
The Art of Counterpoint was written by Gioseffo Zarlino, Guy A Marco, Claude V Palisca and published by W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
The Art of Counterpoint has 294 pages
Yes it is part of The Norton Library series