Gaudentius (music theorist) explained
Gaudentius was a Greek music theorist in Classical Antiquity. Nothing is known of his life or background, or when he lived, except what can be inferred from his sole surviving work, Greek, Modern (1453-);: Εἰσαγωγὴ ἁρμονική (English: Harmonic Introduction), a treatise.
Leonhard Schmitz and Karl von Jan say that he seems to have known the writings of Aristoxenus ; but Schmitz says, not those of Ptolemy . Hugo Riemann says he may have been a younger contemporary of Ptolemy.
Cassiodorus praises the treatise, and mentions a contemporary Latin translation for use in schools by one Mutianus, which has not survived. The treatise was first printed in 1652 by Marcus Meibomius, together with a commentary and a Latin translation, in his Antiquae musicae auctores septem (English: Ancient Music by Seven Authors).
Further reading
- Book: Michaelides, Solon . Solon Michaelides
. Εγκυκλοπαίδεια της αρχαίας Ελληνικής μουσικής [Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Music] . Solon Michaelides . el . 81 . National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation (MIET) . Athens . 1989.
- Book: Zanoncelli, Luisa . La manualistica musicale greca: [Euclide], Cleonide, Nicomaco, Excerpta Nicomachi, Bacchio il Vecchio, Gaudenzio, Alipio, Excerpta Neapolitana . it . . Ed. Ang. Guerini . 1990 . 305–369.
- Book: Kalogeropoulos, Takis . Το λεξικό της Ελληνικής Μουσικής [The Dictionary of Greek Music] . Giallelis . Athens . 1 . 445 . 1998 . el.
- Book: Mathiesen, Thomas . Source Readings in Music History . Oliver . Strunk . Oliver Strunk . Leo . Treitler . Leo Treitler . New York . 1998 . Revised . 66–85 . 3 June 1998 . 978-0393037524.
- Book: Mathiesen, Thomas J. . . Gaudentius . . 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.10740 . 20 January 2001 . 978-1-56159-263-0 . https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000010740 . subscription.
External links
- Book: Collections des auteurs grecs relatifs à la musique . 5 - Atypius et Gaudence; Bacchius L'Ancien . Gaudence - Introduction harmonique . http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/erudits/gaudence/harmonique.htm . Gaudentius . Ruelle, Ch.-Émile (translator and editor); Szwajcer, Marc (editor) . fr . . Paris . 1895 . remacle.org. A French translation of Greek, Modern (1453-);: Εἰσαγωγὴ ἁρμονική, with commentary.
