Works and influence Gioseffo Zarlino

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illustration le istitutioni harmoniche, keyboard 19 keys per octave.


while moderately prolific composer, , motets polished , display mastery of canonic counterpoint, principal claim fame work theorist. while pietro aaron may have been first theorist describe version of meantone, zarlino seems have been first exactitude, describing 2/7-comma meantone in le istitutioni harmoniche in 1558. zarlino described 1/4-comma meantone , 1/3-comma meantone, considering 3 temperaments usable. these precursors 50- 31- , 19-tone equal temperaments, respectively. in dimostrationi harmoniche of 1571, revised numbering of modes emphasize c , ionian mode.


zarlino first theorize primacy of triad on interval means of structuring harmony. exposition of intonation based on proportions within senario (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) , 8 departure established pythagorean diatonic system passed on boethius. see: ptolemy s intense diatonic scale. 1 of first theorists offer explanation prohibition of parallel fifths , octaves in counterpoint, , study effect , harmonic implications of false relation.


zarlino s writings, published francesco franceschi, spread throughout europe @ end of 16th century. translations , annotated versions common in france, germany, in netherlands among students of sweelinck, influencing next generation of musicians represented baroque style.


zarlino s compositions more conservative in idiom of many of contemporaries. madrigals avoid homophonic textures commonly used other composers, remaining polyphonic throughout, in manner of motets. works published between 1549 , 1567, , include 41 motets, 5 , 6 voices, , 13 secular works, madrigals, 4 , 5 voices. 10 motets on song of songs used text of isidoro chiari s translation of bible.







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