Viadana, Lodovico
(1560–1627)
LODOVICO VIADANAVIADANA, LODOVICOLODOVICO VIADANA [* ca. 1560-† 1627] The modest comments which Lodovico Viadana supplied for his Cento concerti ecclesiastici (1602) describe the initial development of figured-bass practice, and thus they have attained a historical significance which would have astonished their author. In twelve straightforward rules Viadana provided a lucid account of matters such as range on the keyboard, ornamentation, cadences, dynamics, and the tolerable use of parallel…