The Renaissance Reform of Medieval Music Theory: Guido of Arezzo between Myth and History

Abstract

Introduction: Guido's hexachord: old facts and new questions Part I. Guidonian Solmization in Music Theory and Practice: 1. Guido's musical syllables: conflicting views from modern historiography 2. Inside the gamut: Guido of Arezzo and Hermannus Contractus on the major sixth 3. Hands off! Singing without syllables in the Middle Ages 4. The making of a system: medieval music semiotics in transition Interlude: All hexachords are 'soft' Part II. Reforming the Music Curriculum in the Age of Humanism: 5. Back to the monochord: church reform and music theory in the 15th century 6. Normalizing the humanist: Johannes Gallicus as a 'Follower of Guido' 7. Gafori's hand: forging a new Guido for a new humanist culture 8. Hexachordal theory and deductive method in Gioseffo Zarlino's Dimostrationi harmoniche (1571) Epilogue: Discarding the Guidonian image of early music Bibliography.

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