L'arte armonica, or, A treatise on the composition of musick
Subtitle: facsimile of the edition J. Johnson 1760
By: Giorgio Antoniotto ; with an introduction by Deborah Burton
Series: Musical Treatises -- volume IV; Musical treatises -- v. 4.
Publisher: Brepols
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Turnhout
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9782503574639
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Composition (Music)
Other titles: Treatise on the composition of musick
Description: Giorgio Antoniotto was an Italian living in London when he published his treatise in English. Antoniotto's treatise shows surprising emphases on Rameau's fundamental bass, and on stacked thirds. Further, the musical illustrations include several grids that are close relatives of the Tonnetz. In one such example, Antoniotto's grid shows horizontal and vertical arrangements of perfect fifths and perfect fourths, with one diagonal as a whole-tone scale. After an introduction that summarizes musical development from the Greek system on, the treatise is divided into three books: the first discusses the general and natural systems, and the natural (major) and artificial (minor) scales. The second derives progressions from movements of the fundamental bass; the third covers figured bass, inversions, fugues, imitations, canons, cadences, accents, vocal types, expressive markings, recitatives and the genres of instrumental and mixed ensembles, the sacred, theatrical, and chamber music. Corelli's Violin Sonata, opus 5/1 is used for demonstrations.
Notes: Contains a facsimile of the original.

Includes bibliographical references.