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Mikaela nicola vicentino and the enharmonic diesis an analytical and empirical study

Nicola Vicentino and the Enharmonic Diesis An Analytical and Empirical Study Mikaela Miller Degree of Masters of Arts Music Theory Department of Music Research Schulich School of Music A thesis submitted to McGill University in partial ful ?llment of the requirements of the degree of Masters of Arts McGill University Montréal Québec Canada January ? Copyright All rights reserved CLibrary and Archives Canada Published Heritage Branch Wellington Street Ottawa ON K A N Canada NOTICE The author has granted a nonexclusive license allowing Library and Archives Canada to reproduce publish archive preserve conserve communicate to the public by telecommunication or on the Internet loan distrbute and sell theses worldwide for commercial or noncommercial purposes in microform paper electronic and or any other formats The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission In compliance with the Canadian Privacy Act some supporting forms may have been removed from this thesis While these forms may be included in the document page count their removal does not represent any loss of content from the thesis Bibliothèque et Archives Canada Direction du Patrimoine de l'édition rue Wellington Ottawa ON K A N Canada Your ?le Votre référence ISBN - - - - Our ?le Notre référence ISBN - - - - AVIS L'auteur a accordé une licence non exclusive permettant à la Bibliothèque et Archives Canada de reproduire publier archiver sauvegarder conserver transmettre au public par télécommunication ou par l'Internet prêter distribuer et vendre des thèses partout dans le monde à des ?ns commerciales ou autres sur support microforme papier électronique et ou autres formats L'auteur conserve la propriété du droit d'auteur et des droits moraux qui protege cette thèse Ni la thèse ni des extraits substantiels de celle-ci ne doivent être imprimés ou autrement reproduits sans son autorisation Conformément à la loi canadienne sur la protection de la vie privée quelques formulaires secondaires ont été enlevés de cette thèse Bien que ces formulaires aient inclus dans la pagination il n'y aura aucun contenu manquant C Ciii ABSTRACT Nicola Vicentino is recognized as a sixteenth-century musical revolutionary a wealth of scholarly work has been devoted to his theories and philosophies Attempts to analyze Vicentino ? s compositions are limited in number however and empirical studies of the perception of his music are non-existent In his treatise Ancient Music Adapted to Modern Practice Vicentino illustrates the practical application of his theories with compositional examples that employ the microtonal interval of the minor enharmonic diesis and novel -tone tuning system that he developed himself The ?rst two chapters of this thesis review Vicentino ? s theories and philosophies of music and undertake an analytical survey of the extant enharmonic compositions This analysis explores the possibilities available in Vicentino ? s tuning system and characterizes the voice-leading and harmonic patterns found in Vicentino ? s enharmonic compositions in terms of the use of the microtonal interval the