Micrologus de disciplina artis musicae

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Micrologus de disciplina artis musicae is an influential 11th-century music theory treatise that systematized medieval musical notation and pedagogy, laying foundations for Western music theory.

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instanceOf didactic work
medieval treatise
music theory treatise
aimedAt music teachers
singers
students of chant
author Guido d'Arezzo NERFINISHED
Guido of Arezzo NERFINISHED
century 11th century
circulation widely copied in medieval Europe
countryOfOrigin Italy
dateOfComposition c. 1025
describes consonances and dissonances
modes
organum techniques
solmization methods
use of staff notation
field medieval studies
musicology
focusesOn composition of organum
hexachordal theory foundations
practical instruction in singing
rules for chant performance
systematization of musical intervals
genre theoretical treatise
hasPart sections on intervals
sections on modes
sections on notation
sections on polyphony
historicalSignificance laid foundations for later Western music theory
one of the most important music theory texts of the 11th century
influenced development of Western music notation
later medieval music theorists
medieval music pedagogy
practice of liturgical chant
language Latin
mainSubject Gregorian chant NERFINISHED
medieval musical notation
music theory
pedagogy of music
period Middle Ages NERFINISHED
relatedTo Guido of Arezzo's pedagogical reforms
Guidonian hand NERFINISHED
structure series of short chapters
titleTranslation Micrologus on the Discipline of the Art of Music NERFINISHED
usedIn cathedral schools
monastic schools

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Guido of Arezzo wrote Micrologus de disciplina artis musicae