Carlo Abbate (c. 1600 – before 1640) was an Italian

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, and

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priest. Born in

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, he served as

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and musician to

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Franz von Dietrichstein, Prince-Bishop of Olomouc, and governor of

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. Before 1629, he taught music at the

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convent; afterwards, he taught at the newly established Loretan Seminary at Nikolsburg, which was the cardinal's principal residence. When Abbate returned to Italy in 1632, he published his treatise, ''Regulae contrapuncti excerptae ex operibus Zerlini et aliorum ad breviorem tyronum instructionem accommodate'', which was intended to be used as a textbook for his seminarians. The treatise mainly consists of already established rules regarding consonance and dissonance. The book was adapted from the works of

Gioseffo Zarlino Gioseffo Zarlino (31 January or 22 March 1517 – 4 February 1590) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance. He made a large contribution to the theory of counterpoint as well as to musical tuning. Life and career Zarlino w ...

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Bibliography

* Bohn, Emil (1890). Die Musikalischen Handschriften des 16 und 17. Breslau: Georg Olms * Grove, George (1980). ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians''. London: Macmillan Publishers. Seite 4. {{DEFAULTSORT:Abbate, Carlo Italian Baroque composers Italian male classical composers Italian music theorists Musicians from Genoa Clergy from Genoa 1600s births 17th-century deaths 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century male musicians