Giovanni Battista Chiodini

An illustration from Praxis sphaerica clarissima (1615)

Giovanni Battista Chiodini or Chiodino (died 1652) ^[1] was an Italian Franciscan friar, music theorist, and writer.

A Conventual Franciscan and Inquisitor from Monte Milone (now Pollenza), ^[2] he wrote about music theory (Arte pratica latina e volgare di far contrapunto, 1610), ^{[3] : 221} astronomy and mathematics (Praxis sphaerica clarissima, 1615), ^[4] theology, philosophy and literature, and composed poems in Italian and Latin (La nobiltà burghesia romana, 1620). ^[2]

His Arte pratica of 1610 was translated into German by Johann Andreas Herbst, and published as Arte prattica et poëtica, das ist: ein kurzer Unterricht, wie man einen Contrapunct machen und komponieren sol lernen in 1653. ^{[3] : 406  [5]}

Biography

A native of Monte Milone (present-day Pollenza), he was a Order of Friars Minor Conventual and inquisitor.

He wrote about music theory (Arte pratica latina e volgare di far contrapunto, 1610),[3] astronomy and Mathematics (Praxis sphaerica clarissima, 1615), ^[6] Theology, philosophy, and literature, and also composed poetry in Italian and Latin (La nobiltà burghesia romana, 1620).

His Practical Art was translated into German in 1653 by the composer Johann Andreas Herbst. ^[7]

Works

• Arte pratica latina et volgare di far contrapunto à mente, & à penna (in Latin and Italian). Venice: Ricciardo Amadino. 1610.
• Praxis sphaerica clarissima (in Latin). Venice: Ambrogio & Bartolomeo Dei. 1615.
• Pupilla phylosophiae Aristotelis (in Latin). Venice: Ambrogio Dei. 1617.
• Thalamus rationalis (in Latin). Venice: Pietro Farri. 1620.
• La nobiltà burghesia romana (in Italian and Latin). Macerata: Stamperia del Martellini. 1620.

References

1. "Chiodino, Giovanni Battista, O.F.M.Conv., m. 1652". opac.vatlib.it. Vatican Library. Archived from the original on 2021-02-12.
2. "CHIODINI Gio. Battista". Biblioteca picena o sia notizie istoriche delle opere e degli scrittori piceni (in Italian). Vol. 3. Osimo: Domenicantonio Quercetti. 1793. pp. 206–207.
3. François Lesure (editor) (1971). Ecrits imprimés concernant la musique, volume I, A–L. Répertoire international des sources musicales, part B:vi. München-Duisburg: G. Henle Verlag.
4. Pietro Riccardi (1870). "CHIODINI Gio. Battista". Biblioteca matematica italiana dalla origine della stampa ai primi anni del secolo XIX (in Italian). Modena: Tipografia dell'erede Soliani. p. 351.
5. Johann Andreas Herbst (1653). Arte prattica et poëtica, das ist: ein kurzer Unterricht, wie man einen Contrapunct machen und komponieren sol lernen (in German). Frankfurt: Anton Humm (Thomas Matthias Götze).
6. "Arte pratica latina et volgare di far contrappunto à mente (Chiodino, Giovanni Battista)". imslp.org.
7. "Arte prattica & poëtica (Herbst, Johann Andreas)".