Giovanni Battista Chiodini
Illustration — An illustration from Praxis sphaerica clarissima (1615) Giovanni Battista Chiodini or Chiodino (died 1652) was an Italian Franciscan friar, music theorist, and writer. A Conventual Franciscan and Inquisitor from Monte Milone (now Pollenza), he wrote about music theory (Arte pratica latina e volgare di far contrapunto, 1610), astronomy and mathematics (Praxis sphaerica clarissima, 1615), theology, philosophy and literature, and composed poems in Italian and Latin (La nobiltà burghesia romana, 1620). His Arte pratica of 1610 was translated into German by Johann Andreas Herbst, and published as Arte prattica et poëtica, das ist: ein kurzer Unterricht, wie man einen Contrapunct machen und komponieren sol lernen in 1653.
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Giovanni Battista Chiodini
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- Born
- 1550 · Pollenza.
- Died
- 1652
- Occupation
- music theorist · composer
- Known for
- Praxis sphaerica clarissima
- Languages
- Italian · Latin
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A native of Monte Milone (present-day Pollenza), he was a Order of Friars Minor Conventual and inquisitor. He wrote about music theory (Arte pratica latina e volgare di far contrapunto, 1610),[3] astronomy and Mathematics (Praxis sphaerica clarissima, 1615), Theology, philosophy, and literature, and also composed poetry in Italian and Latin (La nobiltà burghesia romana, 1620). His Practical Art was translated into German in 1653 by the composer Johann Andreas Herbst.
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- 1.Vatican Library. Chiodino, Giovanni Battista, O.F.M.Conv., m. 1652. opac.vatlib.it.
- 2.Domenicantonio Quercetti. Biblioteca picena o sia notizie istoriche delle opere e degli scrittori piceni. 3. 206–207. 1793.
- 3.Pietro Riccardi. Biblioteca matematica italiana dalla origine della stampa ai primi anni del secolo XIX. Tipografia dell'erede Soliani. 351. 1870.
- 4.Arte pratica latina et volgare di far contrappunto à mente (Chiodino, Giovanni Battista). imslp.org.
- 5.Arte prattica & poëtica (Herbst, Johann Andreas).
- 6.Johann Andreas Herbst (1653). Arte prattica et poëtica, das ist: ein kurzer Unterricht, wie man einen Contrapunct machen und komponieren sol lernen (in German). Frankfurt: Anton Humm (Thomas Matthias Götze).
- 7.François Lesure (editor) (1971). Ecrits imprimés concernant la musique, volume I, A–L. Répertoire international des sources musicales, part B:vi. München-Duisburg: G. Henle Verlag.
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