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L'ombra lunga di Zarlino
2021
"The long shadow of Zarlino" · The first part is devoted to high¬lighting the special relevance modes have in Zarlino’s writings, where they are considered as “the forms of the compositions”. Zarlino reconsid¬ers, revises, and reorganizes modes from book to book. A crucial point is in the Dimostrationi Harmoniche (1571), with the proposal of a new modal order that no longer begins with D but rather with C. Zarlino wants to convince his readers that this new order is more rational and coherent than the previous one, since all the species of the perfect intervals (diapa¬son, diapente, diatessaron) now start from the same note, C. Moreover, the sequence of the finales finally coincides with th…
The 'Other' Coastal Area of Venice: Musical Ties with Istria and Dalmatia
2018
Despite the difficulty of classifying the art music of Istria and Dalmatia, and according to several degrees of subordination, adaptation, and autonomy from Venice and Italy, the essay examines the multilingual society of the aforementioned regions and the extraordinary development of a rare Slavic-Romance cultural symbiosis during the sixteenth century. The main topics focused are: 1- the linguistic and cultural frame, 2 - the professional music from Koper (Capodistria) to the free Republic of Dubrovnik (Rugusa), 3 - the music for Protestants and the policy of Catholic Church at the time of the Counter Reformation, 4 - the value of incidental music on stage, either in Croatian or Italian t…