Artusi, Giovanni Maria
(1540–1613)
GIOVANNI MARIA ARTUSIARTUSI, GIOVANNI MARIAGIOVANNI MARIA ARTUSI [* ca. 1540-† 1613] The theoretical tradition established by ZARLINO was carried into the seventeenth century by Giovanni Maria Artusi, whose battles with MONTEVERDI have not enhanced his posthumous reputation. Nevertheless Artusi moderated ZARLINO's rigid rules concerning dissonance treatment and advocated an expanded role for equal temperament in instrumental music. He was not uncomprehending of the motivations of the…