Description: Preface Part One: Introduction 1. The Treatise 2. The Manuscripts 3. The Edition Part Two: Text Epistola Marcheti de Padua Letter of Marchetto of Padua Treatise 1 1. De Inventione Musice On the Discovery of Music 2. De Pulcritudione Musice On the Beauty of Music 3. De Utilitate Musice On the Utility of Music 4. De Iudicio Musice On the Judgment of Music 5. Quid Sit Musica The Definition of Music 6. Unde Dicatur Musica Etymology of the Word "Music" 7. De Divisione Musice On the Division of Music 8. De Musica Armonica On Harmonic Music 9. De Sono Qui Est Vox On Sound That Is Voice 10. Unde Dicatur Vox Etymology of the Word "Voice" 11. De Distinctione Vocum On Distinguishing Types of Voice 12. De Musica Organica On Organic Music 13. De Sono Qui Non Est Vox On Sound That Is Not Voice 14. De Musica Rithimica On Rhythmic Music 15. De Divisione Musice On the Division of Music 16. De Genere Generalissimo et Specie Specialissima in Musica On the Broadest Genus and the Irreducible Species in Music Treatise 2 1. De Tono Quid Sit On the Definition of the Whole Tone 2. Unde Dicatur Tonus Etymology of the Word "Tone" 3. De Nominibus Toni On Names for the Whole Tone 4. In Quibus Numeris Constituatur Tonus The Numbers in Which the Whole Tone Is To Be Constituted 5. Demonstratio Partium Toni Demonstration of the Parts of the Whole Tone 6. De Dyesi On the Diesis 7. De Semitoniis Dyatonico et Enarmonico Simul, Eo Quod Unum per Aliud Melius Cognoscatur On the Diatonic and Enharmonic Semitones Together, Because One Is Better Understood Through the Other 8. De Semitonio Cromatico On the Chromatic Semitone 9. De Proportionibus in Quibus Consistit Tonus, ac Etiam Semitonium Enarmonicum et Dyatonicum On the Proportions in Which the Whole Tone, the Enharmonic Semitone, and the Diatonic Semitone Consist 10. De Proportionibus Consonantiarum et Dissonantiarum On the Proportions of Consonances and Dissonances Treatise 3 1. De Numeris Musicalibus et De Consonantiis in Speciali On Musical Numbers and on the Consonances, One by One 2. De Dyapente Consonantia On the Consonance of the Diapente 3. De Dyapason Consonantia On the Consonance of the Diapason 4. De Dyapason Dyatessaron Consonantia On the Consonance of the Diapason Diatessaron 5. De Dyapason Dyapente Consonantia On the Consonance of the Diapason Diapente 6. De Bisdyapason Consonantia On the Consonance of the Bisdiapason Treatise 4 1. De Proportionibus On Proportions 2. De Proportionibus Quot Sint How Many Proportions There Are 3. De Sesquitercia Proportione On the Sesquitertial Proportion 4. De Sesqualtera Proportione On the Sesquialter Proportion 5. De Dupla Proportione On the Duple Proportion 6. De Dupla Superbipartiente Proportione On the Duple Superbipartient Proportion 7. De Tripla Proportione On the Triple Proportion 8. De Quadrupla Proportione On the Quadruple Proportion 9. De Sesquioctava Proportione On the Sesquioctave Proportion 10. De Sesquisexta Decima Proportione On the Sesquisextadecimal Proportion 11. De Sesquidecima Septima Proportione On the Sesquiseptimadecimal Proportion Treatise 5 De Consonatiis in Generali On Consonances in General 1. Quid Sit Consonantia The Definition of Consonance 2. De Dissonantia On Dissonance 3. De Euphonia On Euphony 4. De Armonia On Harmony 5. De Simphonia On Symphony 6. Questio de Dissonantiis An Investigation Concerning Dissonance Treatise 6 1. De Consonantiis, Quomodo Et Quare Una Melius Consonet Quam Altera On Consonances: How and Why One Is More Consonant Than Another 2. De Consonantiis in Speciali, Sive De Speciebus Consonantiarum, et Primo de Prima, Que Dicitur Dyatessaron On Consonances, Or Species of Consonance, One by One; and First, On the First Consonance, Called the Diatessaron 3. De Consonantia Dyapente On the Consonance of the Diapente 4. De Consonantia Dyapason On the Consonance of the Diapason 5. Demonstratio Secundum Pytagoricos Dyapason Dyatessaron Non Esse Consonantiam The Proof According to the Pythagoreans That the Diapason Diatessaron Is Not a Consonance Treatise 7 1. De Generibus Inequalitatis: Quot Sint et Que in Music Sint Necessaria On the Genera of Inequality: How Many There Are and Which Ones Are Necessary in Music Treatise 8 De Necessariis ad Cognoscendum Naturam Tonorum et Semitoniorum On the Requisites for the Study of Whole Tones and Semitones 1. De Permutatione: Quid Sit et Ubi Fiat On Permutation: How It Is Defined and Where It Is Used 2. De Mutatione: Quid Sit et Ubi Fiat On Mutation: How It Is Defined and Where It Is Used 3. De Natura et Proprietate b Quadri, b Rotundi, et Nature On the Nature and Property of the Square b, the Round b, and the Natural Treatise 9 1. De Coniunctionibus Vocum: Quid Sint et Quot On Intervals: How They Are Defined and How Many There Are Treatise 10 1. Quid Sit Mensura in Musica Plana Sive Mensurata The Definition of Measure in Plainchant and "Measured" Music Treatise 11 1. De Tonis, Qui Proprie Modi Dicuntur: Quid Sint On the Definition of Tones, Which Are Properly Called Modes 2. De Tonis: Quot Sint et Qui On Modes: How Many They Are and What They Are 3. De Tonis: Quomodo Non Solum Propter Ascensum et Descensum Iudicandi Sint That Modes Are Not To Be Judged Exclusively on the Basis of Ascent and Descent 4. De Formatione Tonorum per Species On the Formation of the Modes from Species Treatise 12 1. Quid Sit Quantitas in Plana Musica The Definition of Quantity in Plainchant Treatise 13 1. De Pausis: Quomodo Debeant Figurari in Cantu Plano On Rests: How They Should Be Written in Plainchant Treatise 14 1. De Clavi: Quid Sit et Quot On the Clef: How It Is Defined and How Many Clefs There Are Treatise 15 1. De Nominibus Gravium et Acutarum Cordarum Prout a Phylosophis Fuerunt Primitus Adinventa On the Names of the Low and High Strings As Originally Devised by Philosophers Treatise 16 1. De Musico et Cantore On the Musician and the Singer Index of Technical Terms Index of Chants Index of Theorists and Sources Quoted or Parahrased

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