Gioseffo Zarlino

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Life

Born: 31 January 1517

Died: 4 February 1590

Biography
Italian theorist and composer. He was a leading theorist of counterpoint in the 16th century. In his book Le istitutioni harmoniche, a landmark in the history of music theory, he achieved an integration of speculative and practical theory and established Willaert’s methods as models for contrapuntal writing

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