Penna, Lorenzo
(1613–1693)
LORENZO PENNAPENNA, LORENZOLORENZO PENNA [* 1613-† 1693] A popular and well organized guide to the musical art, Lorenzo Penna's Li primi albori musicali (1672) spans the spectrum of practical theory from its basic foundations through counterpoint and figured bass. In the first of its three volumes, conservative and progressive elements of pedagogy and practice are intermingled. Guido's hand, accompanied by solmization instructions using the syllables do through la, is given a place alongside a…