Odo of Arezzo
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Odo of Arezzo or Abbot Oddo (fl. late 10th century) was a medieval monk who worked in Arezzo, active as composer and music theorist.
Life and career
Little is known about his life, except that he was an Abbot in Arezzo, working under Bishop Donatus of Arezzo. Odo composed a tonary (a book of chants which usually included antiphons and responsories) with a discussion of modes, which survives in twenty manuscripts, four of which contain attributions to Odo. In several of the manuscripts a prologue ascribed in three out of six to Odo is entitled "Formulas quas vobis".
References
Citations
- ^ Brockett & Huglo 2001, § para. 1.
- ^ Brockett & Huglo 2001.
Sources
- Brockett, Clyde; Huglo, Michel (2001). "Odo of Arezzo". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.20255. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
Further reading
- Huglo, Michel (1971). Les tonaires: inventaire, analyse, comparaison [The Tonaries: inventory, analysis, comparison] (in French). Paris. pp. 197, 223–224, pl.III.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Merkley, Paul (1988). Italian Tonaries. Ottawa: Institute of Mediaeval Music. pp. 31–32, 56.
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