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.
About the AuthorClaude V. Palisca, late professor of music at Yale University, began his collaboration on A History of Western Music with the Third Edition. Among his many publications are a history of Baroque music and a collection of scholarly essays on Italian Renaissance music.
Book InformationISBN 9780393008333
Author Gioseffo ZarlinoFormat Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 320g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 25mm