Contrapunctus Counterpoint

Author/Contributor(s):	Prosdocimo De'beldomandi ; Herlinger, Jan
Publisher:	University of Nebraska Press
Date:	01/01/1984
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

In the Contrapunctus (1412) Prosdocimo surveys the practice of counterpoint and musica ficta, codifying each in six rules. Unlike most of his contemporaries, who were satisfied merely to state their rules, Prosdocimo justified his, making the treatise a primer of the musical aesthetics of his time.