Music in the Renaissance
by Gustave Reese
Period: Renaissance
Born: Thursday, March 22, 1517 in Chioggia, Italy
Died: Wednesday, February 14, 1590 in Venice, Italy
Nation of Origin: Italy
Major Works:
Among the few extant musical works of Zarlino are a four-voice Mass which exists only in manuscript.
Zarlino is most known for his three theoretical treatises:
Istitutioni armoniche (1558)
Dimostrationi armoniche (1571)
Sopplimenti musicali (1588)
Other Information:
Zarlino, also known as Zarlinus Clodiensis, was an extremely learned Italian theorist and composer. His theoretical works lend great insight to the philosophical, modal, and contrapuntal practices of the late Renaissance. He was a student of Adriaan Willaert. His music and theoretical ideas influenced the work of Andrea Gabrieli.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Reese, Gustave, Music in the Renaissance, W.W. Norton & Company; November 1959, ISBN: 0393095304
Sachs, Curt, The Rise of Music in the Ancient World , W. W. Norton & Company, 1943, ASIN: 0393097188
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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