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Author Haar, James
Title "Lessons in Theory from a Sixteenth-Century Composer."
Work Type Article in Collection
Language English
Publication Date 1990, rpt. 1998
Keywords instruction in music, history of music theory, Cimello notational treatise, mensuration, prolation, musical examples, Cimello as teacher of the basic art of composition,
Citation Haar, James. "Lessons in Theory from a Sixteenth-Century Composer." In Altro Polo: Essays on Italian Music in the Cinquecento, ed. R. Charteris. Sydney, 1990, pp. 51–81. Rpt. in The Science and Art of Renaissance Music, edited by Paul Corneilson. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.
Identity composer|theorist|singer|courtier|professional|advanced|expert|choirboy|
Education counterpoint|composition|improvisation|
Materials treatises|manuscripts|
Flourished 1530s|1540s|1550s|1560s|1570s|
Region italy|
Illustrations letters|manuscripts|
Record Number 46



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