Guido of Arezzo
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Guido of Arezzo was an 11th-century Italian music theorist and Benedictine monk credited with developing modern musical notation and the solfège system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guido d’Arezzo | 1 |
| Guido of Arezzo canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benedictine monk
ⓘ
Catholic monk ⓘ Italian person ⓘ medieval composer ⓘ music theorist ⓘ |
| aimedToImprove |
accuracy of sight-singing
ⓘ
speed of learning chant ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfBirth |
circa 991
ⓘ
circa 992 ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfDeath |
after 1033
ⓘ
circa 1033–1050 ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 11th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| developed |
hexachord system
ⓘ
solmization syllables ut–re–mi–fa–sol–la ⓘ |
| era | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music education
ⓘ
music theory ⓘ musical notation ⓘ |
| genre | liturgical music ⓘ |
| givenName | Guido ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major figure in early Western music theory
ⓘ
pioneer of staff-based musical notation ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gregorian chant
ⓘ
surface form:
Gregorian chant notation
Western music notation ⓘ music pedagogy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gregorian chant
ⓘ
surface form:
Gregorian chant tradition
|
| knownFor |
Guidonian hand
ⓘ
development of modern musical notation ⓘ development of staff notation ⓘ invention of solfège system ⓘ use of four-line staff ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Italian
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| notableWork | Micrologus ⓘ |
| occupation |
monk
ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Arezzo
ⓘ
Cathedral of Arezzo ⓘ
surface form:
Arezzo Cathedral
Pomposa Abbey ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Arezzo ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| religiousOrder | Benedictines ⓘ |
| taught | singing to choirboys ⓘ |
| usedMelodySourceForSolfège | Hymn Ut queant laxis ⓘ |
| wrote |
Epistola ad Michaelem
ⓘ
Micrologus de disciplina artis musicae ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Guido d’Arezzo