The Triad in Dispute: Genre and Audience in the Writings of Johannes Lippius
Nov 2, 2017·
Caleb Mutch
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Johannes Lippius is best known for his path-breaking articulation of the concept of the triad. The reception of this innovation chiefly relies upon his treatise Synopsis novae musicae, despite the fact that Lippius had already published many of this book’s notable points in earlier texts, which he called “disputations on music.” Yet the genre-specific peculiarities of the disputatio have been overlooked. By situating his writings within the university system of the day and the formalized genres in which he wrote, this paper reveals an important instance of how music theory has been shaped by the demands of audience and genre.
Date
Nov 2, 2017
Event
Society for Music Theory annual conference
Location
Arlington, VA
