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SINGING UPON THE BOOK ACCORDING TO VICENTE LUSITANO

Canguilhem, Philippe, Stalarow, Alexander·2011·Early Music History
DOI 10.1017/s0261127911000052
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Towards the middle of the sixteenth century, the Portuguese composer and theorist Vicente Lusitano wrote a manuscript treatise on improvised counterpoint which constitutes the most thorough and detailed explanation that has survived on the subject. This manuscript has long been overlooked by music historians, despite being easily accessible at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris). The manuscript is described and its history traced. Lusitano's rules, techniques and stylistic advice are investigated and compared with contemporary theory. The extraordinary complexity of the contrapuntal lines singers were expected to invent extempore calls for a reappraisal of the relationship between improvisation and composition, also discussed by Lusitano. Historical evidence is adduced to provide a context for this document; far from being disconnected from the real life of sixteenth-century music, Lusitano's manuscript counterpoint treatise provides a key to understanding the oral tradition of Renaissance art music.

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Authors
Canguilhem, P., & Stalarow, A.
Affiliations
Université de Toulouse (FR)
Corresponding author
Canguilhem, Philippe
Venue
Early Music History
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2011-09-08
Volume
30
Pages
55-103
ISSN
  • 0261-1279 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-0559
DOI
10.1017/s0261127911000052
OpenAlex
W2142793625
Cited by
71
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0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 25 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
FWCI
49.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
  • Early Music History (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • Oskar-Bordeaux (Universite de Bordeaux) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Musicology and Musical Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Diverse Music Education Insights
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
Keywords
oral tradition, 16th-century music, Portuguese music, Bibliothèque nationale de France manuscripts

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