Genus, Species and Mode in Vicentino's 31-tone Compositional Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4390650 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Wild (McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Music Theory Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1067-3040 • E-ISSN: 1067-3040 |
| Publisher | Society for Music Theory (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.30535/mto.20.2.7 |
| OpenAlex | W1523120598 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article explores the pitch structures developed by Nicola Vicentino in his 1555 treatise L'Antica musica ridotta alla moderna prattica. I examine the rationale for his background gamut of 31 pitch classes, and document the relationships among his accounts of the genera, species, and modes, and between his and earlier accounts. Specially recorded and retuned audio examples illustrate some of the surviving enharmonic and chromatic musical passages
Art · Biology · Chromatic scale · Combinatorics · Gamut · Genus · Literature · Musical · Musical tone · Zoology · Computer Science · Diverse Musicological Studies · Mathematics · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Artificial Intelligence
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |