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Hucbald, Frankish monk and music theorist
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Hucbald
Benedictine monk and music theorist (c. 850 – 930)
Hucbald was a Benedictine monk active as a music theorist, poet, composer, teacher, and hagiographer. He was long associated with Saint-Amand Abbey, so is often known as Hucbald of St Amand. Deeply influenced by Boethius' De Institutione Musica, Hucbald's (De) Musica, formerly…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Study of the practices and possibilities of music
Music theory is the study of theoretical frameworks for understanding the practices and possibilities of music. The Oxford Companion to Music describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory": The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)