Gaudentius (music theorist)
Gaudentius was a Greek
Classical Antiquity. Nothing is known of his life or background, or when he lived, except what can be inferred from his sole surviving work, Εἰσαγωγὴ ἁρμονική (English: Harmonic Introduction), a treatise.[1][2][3][4]
Leonhard Schmitz and Karl von Jan say that he seems to have known the writings of Aristoxenus (fl. 335 BCE);[1][2] but Schmitz says, not those of Ptolemy (c. 100-170 CE).[1] Hugo Riemann says he may have been a younger contemporary of Ptolemy.[3]: 20
Cassiodorus (c. 485-585) praises the treatise, and mentions a contemporary Latin translation for use in schools by one Mutianus,[5] which has not survived.[1][3] The treatise was first printed in 1652 by Marcus Meibomius, together with a commentary and a Latin translation, in his Antiquae musicae auctores septem (English: Ancient Music by Seven Authors).[1][3][6]
References
- ^ a b c d e Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). . In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 231.
- ^ a b Jan, Karl von (1895). "VII - Gaudenti Philosophi Harmonica Introductio". Musici Scriptores Graeci (in Latin). Leipzig: B. G. Teubner. pp. 317–356 – via archive.org. Includes the Greek text of Εἰσαγωγὴ ἁρμονική.
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- ^ Cassiodorus. "8". Divin. Lect.
- ^ Meibomius, Marcus (1652). "V. Gaudentii, philosophi, introductio harmonica". Antiquae musicae auctores septem (in Latin). Vol. 1. Amsterdam: Lodewijk Elzevir. pp. 1–40. (Page numbering within the chapter.)
Further reading
- National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation(MIET). p. 81.
- Zanoncelli, Luisa (1990). La manualistica musicale greca: [Euclide], Cleonide, Nicomaco, Excerpta Nicomachi, Bacchio il Vecchio, Gaudenzio, Alipio, Excerpta Neapolitana (in Italian). Milan: Ed. Ang. Guerini. pp. 305–369.
- Kalogeropoulos, Takis (1998). Το λεξικό της Ελληνικής Μουσικής [The Dictionary of Greek Music] (in Greek). Vol. 1. Athens: Giallelis. p. 445.
- Mathiesen, Thomas (3 June 1998). ISBN 978-0393037524.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Mathiesen, Thomas J. (20 January 2001). "Gaudentius". ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
External links
- Gaudentius (1895). "Gaudence - Introduction harmonique". Collections des auteurs grecs relatifs à la musique (in French). Vol. 5 - Atypius et Gaudence, Bacchius L'Ancien. Ruelle, Ch.-Émile (translator and editor); Szwajcer, Marc (editor). Paris: Imprimerie nationale– via remacle.org. A French translation of Εἰσαγωγὴ ἁρμονική, with commentary.
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