Gioseffo Zarlino

Gioseffo Zarlino (born March 22, 1517 in Chioggia , † February 14, 1590 in Venice ) was an Italian conductor , music theorist and composer .

life and work

Zarlino studied with Adrian Willaert in Venice. In 1565 he succeeded Cypriano de Rore as Kapellmeister at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice and held this position until his death.

The compositional oeuvre handed down by him is clear and includes, among other works, some motets and madrigals . In terms of music history, his work as a music theorist is more significant. Many call him the "father of modern music theory". His most famous student was the music theorist and composer Vincenzo Galilei , the father of Galileo Galilei . Another well-known student is Giovanni Croce .

Illustration from Le institutione harmoniche , keyboard with 19 keys per octave

Through Gioseffo Zarlino's theoretical work, which is essentially based on the text Musica theorica by Lodovico Fogliano , the diatonic ladder prevailed over the Pythagorean ladder .

In 1548, Zarlino had Domenico de Pesaro build a harpsichord with 19 keys per octave in order to play music from ancient Greece and compositions of his time.

Works (selection)

Le istitutioni harmoniche (Venice, 1558/1573)
Dimostrationi harmoniche (1571)
Sopplimenti musicali (1588)

literature

Wolfgang Horn: Zarlino, Gioseffo. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 17 (Vina - Zykan). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-7618-1137-5 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
Frieder Rempp: Elementary and sentence theory from Tinctoris to Zarlino. In: Frieder Zaminer (ed.): History of music theory. Volume 6: Hearing, Measuring and Arithmetic in the Early Modern Era. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1987, ISBN 3-534-01206-2 , pp. 39-220.
Zarlino, Gioseffo . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 29 : index . London 1911, p. 960 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).

Web links

Literature by and about Gioseffo Zarlino in the catalog of the German National Library
Sheet music and audio files by Zarlino in the International Music Score Library Project
Digitized works by Zarlino - SICD of the Universities of Strasbourg
Works by and about Gioseffo Zarlino at Open Library
Zarlino, Gioseffo , Enciclopedie on line (Italian)

Individual evidence

↑ Cf. Frieder Rempp: Elementary and sentence theory from Tinctoris to Zarlino. In: Frieder Zaminer (ed.): History of music theory. Volume 6: Hearing, Measuring and Arithmetic in the Early Modern Era. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1987, ISBN 3-534-01206-2 , pp. 39-220.

personal data
SURNAME	Zarlino, Gioseffo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian music theorist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 22, 1517
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chioggia
DATE OF DEATH	February 14, 1590
Place of death	Venice

[1] Cf. Frieder Rempp: Elementary and sentence theory from Tinctoris to Zarlino. In: Frieder Zaminer (ed.): History of music theory. Volume 6: Hearing, Measuring and Arithmetic in the Early Modern Era. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1987, ISBN 3-534-01206-2 , pp. 39-220.