Questions of attribution and chronology in 3 medieval texts on species theory

Authors
Citation
J. Warburton, Questions of attribution and chronology in 3 medieval texts on species theory, MUSIC THEOR, 22(2), 2000, pp. 225-235
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Performing Arts
Journal title
MUSIC THEORY SPECTRUM
ISSN journal
01956167 → ACNP
Volume
22
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
225 - 235
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6167(200023)22:2<225:QOAACI>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Three medieval treatises, the Prologus in tonarium by Bern of Reichenau, Ci ta et vera divisio monochrodi, and Duo semispheria, are linked by virtue of their species theory, in which the ecclesiastical modes are constructed us ing species of diatessaron and diapente. In 1978, Joseph Smits van Waesberg he investigated the complicated interrelationships between these texts and made certain determinations concerning the attribution and dating of two of them. This essay argues against Smits van Waesberghe's hypotheses by exami ning and comparing the texts of the three treatises.