List of medieval music theorists explained

Medieval music is the music of the Western Europe during the Middle Ages, from approximately the 6th to 15th centuries. The first and longest era of Western classical music, Medieval music saw the presence of various music theorists, such as Boethius, Hucbald, Guido of Arezzo, Johannes Cotto, Franco of Cologne and Philippe de Vitry.

Medieval music theorists

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Lifetime	Nationality	Music theory works
Boethius		Roman	De institutione musica	^[1]
Cassiodorus		Roman	Institutiones	^[2]
Isidore of Seville	– 636	Spanish	Etymologiarum sive Originum libri xx and De ecclesiasticis officiis	^[3]
Alcuin	– 804	Anglo-Saxon	De octo tonis and an unknown music treatise (both of uncertain authorship)	^[4]
Rabanus Maurus	– 856	Frankish	Throughout various works	^[5]
Johannes Scottus Eriugena	–	Irish	De divisione naturae and De divisione naturae	^[6]
Aurelian of Réôme		Frankish	Musica disciplina	^[7]
Regino of Prüm	– 915	German	De synodalibus causis and Epistola de armonica institutione; Octo toni de musicae artis	^[8]
Hucbald	– 930	Benedictine	(De) Musica	^[9]
Remigius of Auxerre		Latin	The ninth book of De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii	^[10]
	– 942	French	Dialogus?	^[11]
		Italian		^[12]
Notker Labeo	– 1022	Benedictine	Five short essays	^[13]
Guido of Arezzo (Guido da Arezzo; Guido Aretinus)	– after 1033	Italian	Micrologus, Prologus in antiphonarium	^[14]
Wulfstan the Cantor		English	Brevilioquium super musicam	^[15]
?		?	Dialogus? Enchiridion musices?	^[16]
Otloh of Sankt Emmeram		Benedictine	None surviving; cited in William of Hirsau's De musica	^[17]
	1013 – 1054	Benedictine	Musica	^[18]
	before 1014 – 1048	Probably German	De quibusdam rebus ad misse officium pertinentibus and De consona tonorum diversitate	^[19]
William of Hirsau	– 1091	Benedictine	De musica	^[20]
Aribo Scholasticus		Unknown	De musica	^[21]
Frutolf of Michelsberg	mid-11th century – 1103	Unknown	Breviarium	^[22]
Theogerus of Metz	– 1120	German	Musica	^[23]
Hugh of St Victor	– 1141	Augustinian	A chapter in the Didascalicon	^[24]
Johannes Cotto		Unknown	De musica	^[25]
Guido of Eu		Cistercian	Regule de arte musica	^[26]
Theinred of Dover		English	De legitimis ordinibus pentachordorum et tetrachordorum	^[27]
Bartholomeus Anglicus	before 1200 – 1272	English	Throughout De proprietatibus rerum	^[28]
Roger Bacon	–	English	Throughout various works	^[29]
Petrus de Picardia		French	Ars motettorum compilata breviter	^[30]
Elias Salomo		French	Scientia artis musice	^[31]
Egidius de Zamora		Spanish	Ars musica	^[32]
Magister Lambertus		Unknown	Tractatus de musica	^[33]
Amerus		English	Practica artis musice	^[34]
Hieronymus de Moravia	died after 1271	Unknown	Tractatus de Musica	^[35]
Franco of Cologne		German	Ars cantus mensurabilis	^[36]
Engelbert of Admont	– 1331	Austrian	De musica	^[37]
Jacobus of Liège	– after 1330	Franco-Flemish	Speculum musice	^[38]
Johannes de Garlandia		French	De Plana Musica and De Mensurabili Musica	^[39]
Johannes Balox		Unknown	Abbreviatio magistri Franconis a[uctore] Johanne dicto Baloce	^[40]
	– 1359/60	German	Flores musicae omnis cantus Gregoriani and Chronicon Hugonis sacerdotis de Rutelinga ad annum	^[41]
Petrus de Cruce		French	Tractatus de tonis	^[42]
Petrus Le Viser		?		^[43]
Johannes de Muris	– 1344	French	Notitia artis musicae, Compendium musicae practicae, Musica speculativa secundum Boetium, Libellus cantus mensurabilis, and Ars contrapuncti	^[44]
Philippe de Vitry	1291–1361	French	Ars nova	^[45]
Walter Odington		English	Summa de speculatione musice	^[46]
Henricus de Zeelandia		South Netherlandish	Tractatus de cantu perfecto et imperfecto	^[47]
Johannes Vetulus de Anagnia		Italian	Liber de musica	^[48]
Willelmus		Unknown	Breviarium regulare musice	^[49]
Johannes de Grocheio		French	De musica	^[50]
Johannes Boen	early 14th century – 1367	Dutch	Ars [musicae] and Musica	^[51]
Marchetto da Padova		Italian	Lucidarium in arte musice plane and Pomerium in arte musice mensurate	^[52]
Simon Tunsted	– 1369	English	Quatuor Principalia Musicae	^[53]
Robert de Handlo		English	Regule cum maximis magistri Franconis cum additionibus aliorum musicorum	^[54]
Henricus Helene		French	Summula musice	^[55]
Petrus frater dictus Palma ociosa		French	Compendium de discantu mensurabili	^[56]
Egidius de Francia		French	De motettis componendis	^[57]
John of Tewkesbury		English	Quatuor principalia musice	^[58]
John Hanboys		English	Summa	^[59]
Philippus de Caserta		Italian?	Incipiunt regule contrapuncti secundum magistrum phylippotum de Caserta: Sciendum est quod contrapunctum est fundamentum biscanti	^[60]
Johannes Ciconia	– 1412	Franco-Flemish	Nova musica	^[61]
Ugolino of Forlì		Italian	Declaratio musicae disciplinae	^[62]

References

Sources

• Book: Abraham . Gerald . Gerald Abraham . Hughes . Dom Anselm . 1960 . Ars Nova and the Renaissance 1300-1540 . The New Oxford History of Music . III . . Oxford . 978-0-19-316303-4 .
• Book: Hoppin, Richard . Richard Hoppin

. Richard Hoppin . 1978 . Medieval Music . The Norton Introduction to Music History . 1st . . New York . 978-0-393-09090-1.

• Book: Reese, Gustave . Gustave Reese

. Gustave Reese . 1940 . Music in the Middle Ages: With an Introduction on the Music of Ancient Times . . Lanham . 978-0-393-09750-4 .

• Encyclopedia: Wolinski . Mary . Borders . James . 26 February 2020 . Oxford Bibliographies

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• Book: Yudkin, Jeremy . 1989 . Music in Medieval Europe . 1st . . Upper Saddle River . 978-0-13-608192-0 .

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