1st Edition
Isaac Vossius's De poematum cantu et viribus rhythmi, 1673 On the Music of Poetry and Power of Rhythm
By Peter Martens
Copyright 2023
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
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Dr Peter Martens provides the first complete edited English translation of, and commentary on, Issac Vossius’s De poematum cantu et viribus rythmi , a late seventeenth-century work of Continental musical humanism, all the more interesting for being published in England and dedicated to royalist Henry Bennett, Duke of Arlington. This treatise plays an important but poorly understood role in the... Read more
1. Introductory essay
2. English translation
3. Original Latin text
4. Index
Biography
Peter Martens is Professor of Music Theory at Texas Tech University and serves as Associate Dean for Faculty, Research and Creative Activity in the Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts. Dr. Martens holds bachelor’s degrees in music and classics from Lawrence University, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in the History and Theory of Music from the University of Chicago.
