Author: Doni, Giovanni Battista
Title: Essays on Music
Source: Florence, Biblioteca Marucelliana, MS A287, 2, <1r>-<1v>

[--] Essays on Music On keeping to the Rhythm On too affected imitations On choral compositions On the differences between modern and ancient music On the condiments of the melody On the expression of the words That the fourth is a consonance What is the place of the fourth among the consonances On the style suited do Madrigals On the Recitative style Which one is the most excellent On wind instruments On the remnants of the melodies of the ancients On the diligence of ancient musicians On the invention of the organs On the reasons behind the consonances On the ancient musical schools On the types of compositions On the division of intervals in equal parts Whether the Chromatic and the Enharmonic Genus are used in composition nowadays On the origin of counterpoint On the Gregorian notes On the way to divide the perfect consonance On the origin of the difference between musical styles Which complexion is best suited to music On the age of music On the correspondence between Rhythm and Melos [--] On the combinations of the consonances On the effectiveness of music Whether music enervates the soul On the Melody of the heroic poems On the use of imperfect consonances On the origin of high and low pitch On the difference between sound and notes What species of Diatonic is sung nowadays On the variety of musical Instruments On the perfection of musical Instruments On the Bar On the Practical musician and on the Theorist Whether a contrapuntist or a writer of melodies deserves more praise Whether the practice is superior to the theory of music or otherwise [[On the parts of Music]] On the excellence of musical praises On the degeneration of music On participation in the tuning of the lute and of the organ On Echoes Whether the best melody is one that excels in Rhythm or Melos On Ptolemy’s equable Diatonic On the music of the birds On the Doctrine of Signor Contino On certain improper and coarse ways of speaking in music On the first writers on music On the more recent Writers on music.

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