Mei, Girolamo
(1519–1594)
GIROLAMO MEIMEI, GIROLAMOGIROLAMO MEI [* 1519-† 1594] The first scholar to evaluate and interpret the extant writings of the Greeks on music in a systematic way was Girolamo Mel A skilled philologist with access to and interest in sources unavailable to GLAREAN or ZARLINO, Mei came to conclusions which diverged from the cloudy conception which prevailed in his day. In particular, he determined that the Greek tonoi and the ecclesiastical modes bore little similarity in conception or result, and…