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Two Letters on Music of Giovanni Battista Benedetti to Cipriano de Rore. Part II: Transcription and Translation into English
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, FachHochschule NordwestSchweiz, Basel, Switzerland
Faculty of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- 1 Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, FachHochschule NordwestSchweiz, Basel, Switzerland
- 2 Faculty of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Advances in Historical Studies·Volume 14 (2025)·Pages 198–217·Published 26 February 2025·DOI10.4236/ahs.2025.142012
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Abstract
In two letters written to the famous musician Cipriano de Rore, Giovanni Battista Benedetti discussed topics related to musical theory. The letters were published in the Diversarum speculationum mathematicarum et physicarum liber of 1585. Despite their great relevance, though, no modern translation of the letters from the original Latin into a contemporary language in full has been attempted. This paper intends to fill this gap by presenting a semidiplomatic transcription and a faithful translation into English.
KeywordsTheory of MusicHistory of AcousticVibrations of StringsMigration of PitchesMusical Proportion Theory
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