A study of solmization and counterpoint by means of English Treatises of practical music in the XVI and XVII centuries.

Author(s)

Nathália Domingos

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA/SBD)
• Defense date: 2017-04-11

Examining board members

Monica Isabel Lucas; Cassiano de Almeida Barros; Marcos Fernandes Pupo Nogueira; Mario Rodrigues Videira Junior; Carin Zwilling

• Advisor: Monica Isabel Lucas

Abstract

The objective of this study is to investigate the possibilities of the use of the main concepts of solmization and counterpoint in the English music betweeen the XVI and XVII centuries. To this purpose, I carried a comprehensive bibliographical research and then selected and systematically studied the following treatises: William Bathe (c. 1596), Thomas Morley (1597), Thomas Campion (c. 1613), John Playford (1655) and Christopher Simpson (1667). Secondly, I chose and analyzed 40 songs by these authors in order to verify if the rules of counterpoint and solmization presented in the treatises in actual fact enable a practical use in the musical samples and, broadly speaking, if the precepts found in the treatises promote the effective learning of solmization and counterpoint. Taking into consideration the lack of studies in the Portuguese language specifically covering solmization and counterpoint in the English music, this study offers a relevant contribution to future studies on this subject. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/24030-3 - A study of Solmization and Counterpoint through English treatises of practical music in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
• Grantee: Nathália Domingos
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate