Resources and Studies
for the History of Music Theory
PUBLICATIONS
Resources and Studies
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Searchable archives of writings about music
A number of monographs relevant to the history of music theory have been associated with our activities and personnel.
Greek and Latin Music Theory
This fortunate series of publication, which predates the foundation of the center, had the aim of establishing critical texts for important works of ancient, medieval, and (occasionally) Renaissance music theory in Greek and Latin. The critical text is accompanied by facing-page translations with introductions illuminating the content of the treatises.
Publications of the Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature
A series of individual monographs, catalogues, and bibliographies pertaining to the Center's broad areas of interest and its specific projects.
Initiated and directed by Thomas J. Mathiesen at Indiana University, GLMT and PCHMTL were published by the University of Nebraska Press. These volumes are out of print but often found on the used book market.
Studies on the History of Music Theory and Literature
Founded and directed by Thomas J. Mathiesen, Studies in the History of Music Theory and Literature (SHOMTL) continues the tradition established by the two earlier series: individual monographs, editions, translations, catalogues, and bibliographies are published by the University of Illinois Press.
GLMT
- Prosdocimo de’ Beldomandi, Contrapunctus, ed. and trans. by Jan Herlinger (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1984)
- Oliver B. Ellsworth, ed. and trans., The Berkeley Manuscript: University of California Music Library, MS. 744 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1984)
- Sextus Empiricus, Against the Musicians, ed. and trans. by Denise Davidson Greaves (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1986)
- Prosdocimo de’ Beldomandi, Proportiones and Monacordum, ed. and trans. by Jan Herlinger (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987)
- Gaspar Stoquerus, On Verbal Music, ed. and trans. by Albert C. Rotola S.J. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1988)
- Philip E. Schreur, ed. and trans., Tractatus figurarum (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989)
- Robertus de Handlo, Regule and Johannes Hanboys, Summa, ed. and trans. by Peter M. Lefferts (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991)
- André Barbera, ed. and trans., The Euclidean Division of the Canon: Greek and Latin Sources (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991)
- Johannes Ciconia, Nova musica and De proportionibus, ed. and trans. by Oliver B. Ellsworth (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993)
- C. Matthew Balensuela, ed. and trans., Ars cantus mensurabilis mensurata per modos juris (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994)
PCHMTL
- Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum: Canon of Data Files, ed. by Thomas J. Mathiesen (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999)
- Thomas J. Mathiesen, Apollo's Lyre: Greek Music and Music Theory in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999)
- Andreas Giger and Thomas J. Mathiesen, eds., Music in the Mirror: Reflections on the History of Music Theory and Literature for the 21st Century (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002)
SHOMTL
SHOMTL 1: Claude V. Palisca, Music and Ideas in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006)
SHOMTL 2: Theodor Dumitrescu, John Dygon's "Proportiones practicabiles secundum Gaffurium" (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006)
SHOMTL 3: Robert Forgács, Gallus Dressler's "Praecepta musicae poëticae" (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007)
SHOMTL 4: Jan Herlinger, Prosdocimo de’ Beldomandi’s "Plana musica" and "Musica speculativa" (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008)
SHOMTL 5: Deborah Burton and Gregory W. Harwood, Francesco Galeazzi's "The Theoretical-Practical Elements of Music" (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2012)
GLMT
- Prosdocimo de’ Beldomandi, Contrapunctus, ed. and trans. by Jan Herlinger (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1984)
- Oliver B. Ellsworth, ed. and trans., The Berkeley Manuscript: University of California Music Library, MS. 744 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1984)
- Sextus Empiricus, Against the Musicians, ed. and trans. by Denise Davidson Greaves (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1986)
- Prosdocimo de’ Beldomandi, Proportiones and Monacordum, ed. and trans. by Jan Herlinger (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987)
- Gaspar Stoquerus, On Verbal Music, ed. and trans. by Albert C. Rotola S.J. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1988)
- Philip E. Schreur, ed. and trans., Tractatus figurarum (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989)
- Robertus de Handlo, Regule and Johannes Hanboys, Summa, ed. and trans. by Peter M. Lefferts (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991)
- André Barbera, ed. and trans., The Euclidean Division of the Canon: Greek and Latin Sources (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991)
- Johannes Ciconia, Nova musica and De proportionibus, ed. and trans. by Oliver B. Ellsworth (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993)
- C. Matthew Balensuela, ed. and trans., Ars cantus mensurabilis mensurata per modos juris (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994)
PCHMTL
- Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum: Canon of Data Files, ed. by Thomas J. Mathiesen (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999)
- Thomas J. Mathiesen, Apollo's Lyre: Greek Music and Music Theory in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999)
- Andreas Giger and Thomas J. Mathiesen, eds., Music in the Mirror: Reflections on the History of Music Theory and Literature for the 21st Century (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002)
SHOMTL
SHOMTL 1: Claude V. Palisca, Music and Ideas in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006)
SHOMTL 2: Theodor Dumitrescu, John Dygon's "Proportiones practicabiles secundum Gaffurium" (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006)
SHOMTL 3: Robert Forgács, Gallus Dressler's "Praecepta musicae poëticae" (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007)
SHOMTL 4: Jan Herlinger, Prosdocimo de’ Beldomandi’s "Plana musica" and "Musica speculativa" (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008)
SHOMTL 5: Deborah Burton and Gregory W. Harwood, Francesco Galeazzi's "The Theoretical-Practical Elements of Music" (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2012)