Odo of Arezzo

Italian composer and theorist (fl. 10th century)

Odo of Arezzo or Abbot Oddo (fl. late 10th century) was a medieval monk who worked in Arezzo, active as composer and music theorist.[1]

Life and career

Little is known about his life, except that he was an Abbot in Arezzo, working under Bishop Donatus of Arezzo. Odo composed a tonary (a book of chants which usually included antiphons and responsories) with a discussion of modes, which survives in twenty manuscripts, four of which contain attributions to Odo. In several of the manuscripts a prologue ascribed in three out of six to Odo is entitled "Formulas quas vobis".[2]

References

Citations

Sources

  • Brockett, Clyde; Huglo, Michel (2001). "Odo of Arezzo". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.20255. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

Further reading

  • Huglo, Michel (1971). Les tonaires: inventaire, analyse, comparaison [The Tonaries: inventory, analysis, comparison] (in French). Paris. pp. 197, 223–224, pl.III.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Merkley, Paul (1988). Italian Tonaries. Ottawa: Institute of Mediaeval Music. pp. 31–32, 56.
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