Koop Online Ancient Music Adapted to Modern Practice – Nicola Vicentino

First published in Rome in 1555, Nicola Vicentino’s treatise was one of the most influential music theory texts of the sixteenth century. This translation by Maria Rika Maniates is the first English-language edition of Vicentino’s important work.
Unlike most early theorists, Vicentino did not simply summarize the practice of his time. His aim was to change how composers wrote and how musicians thought about music.
His best-known contribution is the adaptation of the ancient Greek chromatic and enharmonic gene…