The Harmonic Institutions
Le istitutioni harmoniche
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
Extensive searches of library catalogs, Google Books, and Internet Archive did not yield a complete English translation of Gioseffo Zarlino's 'Le istitutioni harmoniche' (1558). While the work is frequently cited in musicological literature and bibliographies, no full English edition exists. There are partial translations of specific chapters or sections (such as those found in academic studies or anthologies), but no complete translation has been published.
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About This Book
musicphilosophymathematics
Gioseffo Zarlino transforms the study of music from a collection of medieval traditions into a rigorous science defined by the Senary number. Readers will discover why harmony behaves as it does and learn the mathematical laws governing the beauty of sound.
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