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Marchetto da Padova
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Biography emphasizing his work as a theorist from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=5741
Biography with overview of his theoretical works and link to the Florentine Group from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program.
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HOASM: Marchetto da Padova His principal theoretical works are Lucidarium and Pomerium. These treatises provide the most complete known 14th-century explanation of Italian trecento theory. The Lucidarium, which covers the basics of traditional music theory and of plainchant, includes an original and highly influential...Essay with notes and sources by Margo Schulter for the Mills College Tuning Digest.
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One moment please...Investigation by Joe Monzo based on the Lucidarium with proposed ratios, charts and graphs.
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One moment please...Speculation by Eleonora M. Beck concerning the relationship of the musician and the artist.
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Marchetto of Padua and Giotto's Arena Chapel Frescoes A version of this paper appers in Early Music, February 1999 By Eleonora M. Beck, Lewis and Clark College Marchetto of Padua's Pomerium (1318/19 a widely read treatise that laid the groundwork for notational practice in Italy, contains a passage...Detailed study by Jay Rahn for Music Theory Online with abstract, notes, diagrams, and RAM audio examples.
http://www.societymusictheory.or.../mto.98.4.6/mto.98.4.6.rahn.html