Open AccessRenaissance Music Between Science and Art
Author(s) -
Nejc Sukljan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
muzikološki zbornik/muzikološki zbornik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2350-4242
pISSN - 0580-373X
DOI - 10.4312/mz.56.2.183-206
Subject(s) - music theory , the renaissance , presentation (obstetrics) , musical , art , relevance (law) , music history , philosophy of music , literature , music , art history , visual arts , aesthetics , philosophy , music education , medicine , political science , law , radiology
This paper deals with the role of ancient music theory in Gioseffo Zarlino’s Istitutioni harmoniche and, within its framework, in particular with mathematical and physical considerations and their relevance to audible music. An outline of the treatise is followed by a presentation of Zarlino’s justification of music as scienza and arte. Finally, two case studies are presented on joining ancient theory with contemporary musical practice: the division of the interval and the system of the senario.