Theoretical constructs latent in thoroughbass treatises of the 18th century can serve students of thoroughbass today. In the following work, I draw from Johann David Heinichen’s Der General-Bass in der Composition (1728), David Kellner’s Treulicher Unterricht im General-Baß (2nd edition, 1737), Johann Mattheson’s Der vollkommene Capellmeister (1739), Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg’s Handbuch bey dem Generalbasse und der Composition, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen (part 2, 1762), and recent scholarship in the areas of Partimento theory, Musica Poetica, and early music theory in general, to demonstrate how the many thoroughbass figures can all be contextualized in an historically informed theoretical framework. In the first two chapters, (1) thoroughbass figures are analyzed as having an internal hierarchy of primary and auxiliary intervals, allowing chords to be understood both vertically and linearly; (2) chords are localized in the major and minor modes according to bass scale steps; and (3) the various contrapuntal procedures associated with dissonant chords used in both the strict style (stylus gravis) and freer styles (stylus luxurians communis and stylus luxurians theatralis) are analyzed as German musical-rhetorical figures. In chapter 3, these three theoretical constructs are used to organize an extensive collection of dissonant chord progressions derived from the aforementioned treatises of Heinichen, Mattheson, Marpurg, and Bach. In chapter 4, I draw from basic elements of partimento theory—namely cadences, sequences, and the Rule of the Octave (regola dell’ottava or règle de l’octave)—to construct a series of exercises; most of these exercises use a relatively strict four-part texture and are illustrated from multiple righthand starting positions to promote flexibility in the student. Finally, in chapter 5, practical matters of thoroughbass realization, namely pragmatic and expressive concerns, are discussed and illustrated with examples from many treatises of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Heinrich Baryphonus (1581-1655) and Heinrich Grimm’s (1592/3-1637) didactic treatise, Pleiades musicae (1615/1630), provides a vivid testimony to the state of music education and music theory pedagogy in Protestant Germany in the early seventeenth century. Published initially by Baryphonus for use at the Gymnasium in Quedlinburg and reissued in an expanded format by Grimm for use at the Gymnasium in Magdeburg, the text examines the fundamentals of pitch, intervals, counterpoint, and, in the second edition, triadic theory and composition. Throughout the remainder of the seventeenth century and into the eighteenth century, music theorists including Johann Andreas Herbst (1588-1666), Otto Gibel (1612-1682), and Andreas Werckmeister (1645-1706), used the document as a source for their own musical writings, solidifying its status as a significant contribution to the field of music theory. Recently, scholars such as Carl Dahlhaus, Benito Rivera, and Joel Lester have found value in Pleiades musicae for its role in the early stages of the development of triadic theory and the emergence of harmonic tonality. However, with the exception of the passages on triadic theory, the treatise continues to be relatively unknown. In order to understand the full extent of Baryphonus and Grimm’s contributions to the history of music theory, and to provide a multifaceted context for situating Pleiades musicae in the culture of its time and place of origin, the present study examines both editions of the text from biographical, cultural, educational, philosophical, music-theoretical, and historical perspectives, and includes modern Latin editions and English translations of the two editions of the treatise.

The Czech-born music theorist, Václav Philomathes, wrote the Musicorum libri quattuor in 1512 while attending the University of Vienna. This didactic treatise became one of the most widely published theory treatise of its time with 26 copies of five editions remaining today and covers the topics of Gregorian chant practice, Solmization, Mensural Notation, Choir Practice and Conducting, and Four-voice Counterpoint. Of particular note, is the section on choir practice and conducting, of which there is no equivalent prior example extant today. This dissertation provides a Latin-English translation of Philomathes’s work, as well as produces a critical commentary and comparison of the five editions while positioning the editions within the context of the musico-theoretical background of early-to-mid-16th century scholarship in Central Europe.

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O presente trabalho tem por objetivo investigar as possibilidades de aplicação dos principais conceitos da solmização e do contraponto na música inglesa entre os séculos XVI e XVII. Para a realização deste propósito, partindo de uma extensa pesquisa bibliográfica, foram selecionados os tratados de William Bathe (c. 1596), Thomas Morley (1597), Thomas Campion (c. 1613), John Playford (1655) e Christopher Simpson (1667) que foram sistematicamente estudados. Em seguida, selecionaram-se 40 canções compostas pelos autores das preceptivas acima. As peças foram analisadas de forma a verificar se as regras do contraponto e da solmização oferecidas nos tratados possibilitam uma aplicação prática real nos exemplos musicais, e, de forma geral, se os preceitos contidos nos tratados permitem o efetivo aprendizado da solmização e do contraponto. Considerando a escassez de trabalhos em português discorrendo especificamente sobre a solmização e sobre o contraponto na música inglesa, este trabalho oferece uma contribuição relevante para futuros estudos sobre o assunto. / The objective of this study is to investigate the possibilities of the use of the main concepts of solmization and counterpoint in the English music betweeen the XVI and XVII centuries. To this purpose, I carried a comprehensive bibliographical research and then selected and systematically studied the following treatises: William Bathe (c. 1596), Thomas Morley (1597), Thomas Campion (c. 1613), John Playford (1655) and Christopher Simpson (1667). Secondly, I chose and analyzed 40 songs by these authors in order to verify if the rules of counterpoint and solmization presented in the treatises in actual fact enable a practical use in the musical samples and, broadly speaking, if the precepts found in the treatises promote the effective learning of solmization and counterpoint. Taking into consideration the lack of studies in the Portuguese language specifically covering solmization and counterpoint in the English music, this study offers a relevant contribution to future studies on this subject.

This thesis presents an integrated assessment of the life and music of Johanna Beyer (1888-1944) through a combination of socio-cultural and musical analysis. It examines the composer?s biography in the context of the New York music scene in which she participated and the social and cultural paradigms of her time. Contemporary conceptions of gender and sex had a particularly strong impact on Beyer?s work and the reception of her music. Ideologies concerning gender, sex, work, composition and modernism intersected in a variety of ways in her life and music; these issues are examined extensively in Chapter Two. Because gendered thought was so instrumental in obscuring the work of this important composer, Chapters Three and Four provide a thorough and synthesized analysis of Beyer?s music that has thus far been denied to her. These chapters discuss both the composer?s dissonant, ?ultra-modern? music and her later tonal music, exploring elements of continuity and change in her oeuvre. The thesis rejects earlier interpretations of Beyer?s work as disjointed and argues that it is instead the product of a constantly evolving composer.

Ioannes Fuxius per Aevum quod dicitur Baroccum, quo tempore gustus musici celeriter mutabantur, musicum enchiridion palmare, cui titulus Gradus ad Parnassum, edidit. Quo libro modos musicos componendi ratio aetate artium renatarum exorta cum ratione aevo Barocco usitata coniungitur. Auctor historiam artis musicae, vocabula artis propria, normas hoc opere docet per dialogum Latinum et faberrime scriptum, qui inter Palestrinae personam et eam discipuli personam, quam auctor ipse agit, habetur. At nostris temporibus Fuxius innotuit, quod quasi ante omnium oculos regulas uniuscuiusque Speciei Contrapuncti posuit. Liber eius igitur in multos sermones vernaculos est versus etiam paucis annis post primam divulgationem. Nunc temporis quoque in scholis musicis in omnibus orbis terrarum partibus sitis docetur. Hanc commentatiunculam paravi in usum discipulorum qui capita, ubi Species Contrapuncti duarum vocum enodantur, Latino sermone primigenio atque perlucido legere vellent. During the Baroque Era, a time of quickly-changing musical tastes, Johann Fux wrote a seminal music composition textbook, the Gradus ad Parnassum, that bridges the gap between Renaissance Counterpoint and High Baroque Style. Through the beautifully-written, Latin dialog between a teacher (in the persona of Palestrina) and a student (Fux himself), the author teaches the reader about the history, nomenclature and norms of composition. Today the name Fux is synonymous with Species Counterpoint and his celebrated text, translated into many vernacular languages within years of its first publication, is read in music-theory classrooms around the world. This commentary is prepared for the use of students who wish to read the chapters on two-voice Species Counterpoint in the original, and highly accessible Latin.

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo investigar as possibilidades de aplicação dos principais conceitos da solmização e do contraponto na música inglesa entre os séculos XVI e XVII. Para a realização deste propósito, partindo de uma extensa pesquisa bibliográfica, foram selecionados os tratados de William Bathe (c. 1596), Thomas Morley (1597), Thomas Campion (c. 1613), John Playford (1655) e Christopher Simpson (1667) que foram sistematicamente estudados. Em seguida, selecionaram-se 40 canções compostas pelos autores das preceptivas acima. As peças foram analisadas de forma a verificar se as regras do contraponto e da solmização oferecidas nos tratados possibilitam uma aplicação prática real nos exemplos musicais, e, de forma geral, se os preceitos contidos nos tratados permitem o efetivo aprendizado da solmização e do contraponto. Considerando a escassez de trabalhos em português discorrendo especificamente sobre a solmização e sobre o contraponto na música inglesa, este trabalho oferece uma contribuição relevante para futuros estudos sobre o assunto. / The objective of this study is to investigate the possibilities of the use of the main concepts of solmization and counterpoint in the English music betweeen the XVI and XVII centuries. To this purpose, I carried a comprehensive bibliographical research and then selected and systematically studied the following treatises: William Bathe (c. 1596), Thomas Morley (1597), Thomas Campion (c. 1613), John Playford (1655) and Christopher Simpson (1667). Secondly, I chose and analyzed 40 songs by these authors in order to verify if the rules of counterpoint and solmization presented in the treatises in actual fact enable a practical use in the musical samples and, broadly speaking, if the precepts found in the treatises promote the effective learning of solmization and counterpoint. Taking into consideration the lack of studies in the Portuguese language specifically covering solmization and counterpoint in the English music, this study offers a relevant contribution to future studies on this subject.

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