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De tutte l'opere del R.M. Gioseffo Zarlino, vol. 2
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The work 'De tutte l'opere del R.M. Gioseffo Zarlino' is a collected edition of Zarlino's writings. While individual treatises contained within this collection (such as 'Le Istitutioni Harmoniche') have been partially translated into English (e.g., Vered Cohen's 1977 translation of Part IV of 'Le Istitutioni Harmoniche'), there is no evidence of a complete English translation of the entire collected works as published in the 1589 edition. Therefore, this represents a first complete translation.
Zarlino on Modes: An Annotated, Indexed Translation, with Introduction and Commentary, of Part IV of Le Istitutioni Harmoniche, trans. Vered Cohen (1977) [partial] source
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Gioseffo Zarlino transforms music from a simple craft into a rigorous mathematical science. Readers will discover why specific intervals sound perfect, how to master tuning, and why modern music surpasses the rigid constraints of ancient Greece.