Arezzo, Guido of (991-1033)
Statue of Guido in Arezzo. Public Domain
| Alternate last name spellings: d’Arezzo, da Arezzo, Aretinus, Aretino, Monaco |
| Alternate first name spellings: Guy |
| Alias: |
“Ut queant laxis
Re sonare fibris
Mira gestorum
Famuli torum
Solve polluti
Labii reatum,
Sancte Iohannes“
GENERAL INFO
| Description: Guido d’Arezzo is considered the inventor of modern musical notation (staff notation). He has gone down in the history of music as one of the most important reformers of the music notation system. | |
| Sex: Male | Occupation: Music theorist, Singing Teacher, Benedictine Monk. |
| Place of Birth / Death: Arezzo, Italy | Country Tags: Italy |
| Periods: Middle Ages | Genres: Religious music, Vocal music |
| Styles: Ancient music, Gregorian Chant | School group: Ordo Sancti Benedicti |
| Instruments: Voice | Relatives: – |
| Patrons: Pope John XIX | Master: – |
IN MUSICHESS
| Articles: No |
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| Fictional stories (MC Universe): 1 (https://musichess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/El-Pa%C3%ADs-de-los-Cuatro-Tiempos.-Portada-corregida.pdf) |
| Music Composers vs. Chess Players: No |
External links
- Biografías y vidas. La enciclopedia biográfica en línea: Guido d’Arezzo: https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/g/guido.htm – [16/01/2018]
- Claude V. Palisca: “Guido of Arezzo [Aretinus]”. Grove Music Online, 9 November 2009: http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000011968 – [16/01/2018]
- Guido d’Arezzo: Encyclopædia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guido-dArezzo-Italian-musician – [16/01/2018]
- Otten, Joseph (1913). “Guido of Arezzo”. In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Guido_of_Arezzo – [16/01/2017]
- Quotes from my media. Guido d’Arezzo y la solmización: https://qfmm.wordpress.com/tag/guido-darezzo/ – [16/01/2017]
- Reisenweaver, Anna (2012). “Guido of Arezzo and His Influence on Music Learning”, Musical Offerings: Vol. 3: No. 1, Article 4: http://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/musicalofferings/vol3/iss1/4/ – [16/01/2017]
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Guido of Arezzo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_of_Arezzo – [16/01/2017]
Bibliography
- Claude V. Palisca, “Theory, Theorists, Nº 5: Early Middle Ages”, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
- Michels, Ulrich. (1992) Atlas de música, vol. 1. Madrid: Alianza Editorial. Pp. 187-189.
- Stuart Lyons, Horace’s Odes and the Mystery of Do-Re-Mi with Full Verse Translation of the Odes. Oxford: Aris & Phillips, 2007
