Guido of Arezzo

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Guido of Arezzo was an 11th-century Italian music theorist and Benedictine monk credited with developing modern musical notation and the solfège system.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Guido of Arezzo canonical 11
Guido d'Arezzo 1
Guido d’Arezzo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monk ⓘ
Catholic monk ⓘ
Italian person ⓘ
medieval composer ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
aimedToImprove accuracy of sight-singing ⓘ
speed of learning chant ⓘ
approximateDateOfBirth circa 991 ⓘ
circa 992 ⓘ
approximateDateOfDeath after 1033 ⓘ
circa 1033–1050 ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 11th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Italy ⓘ
developed hexachord system ⓘ
solmization syllables ut–re–mi–fa–sol–la ⓘ
era Middle Ages ⓘ
fieldOfWork music education ⓘ
music theory ⓘ
musical notation ⓘ
genre liturgical music ⓘ
givenName Guido ⓘ
historicalSignificance major figure in early Western music theory ⓘ
pioneer of staff-based musical notation ⓘ
influenced Gregorian chant notation ⓘ
linked to: Gregorian chant

Western music notation ⓘ
music pedagogy ⓘ
influencedBy Gregorian chant tradition ⓘ
linked to: Gregorian chant
knownFor Guidonian hand ⓘ
development of modern musical notation ⓘ
development of staff notation ⓘ
invention of solfège system ⓘ
use of four-line staff ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
notableWork Micrologus ⓘ
occupation monk ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfActivity Arezzo ⓘ
Arezzo Cathedral ⓘ
linked to: Cathedral of Arezzo

Pomposa Abbey ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Arezzo ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Benedictines ⓘ
taught singing to choirboys ⓘ
usedMelodySourceForSolfège Hymn Ut queant laxis ⓘ
wrote Epistola ad Michaelem ⓘ
Micrologus de disciplina artis musicae ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guido → notableBearer → Guido of Arezzo ⓘ
Guido → notableBearer → Guido d’Arezzo ⓘ
linked to: Guido of Arezzo
Micrologus → author → Guido of Arezzo ⓘ
Guidonian hand → associatedWith → Guido of Arezzo ⓘ
Guidonian hand → namedAfter → Guido of Arezzo ⓘ
Micrologus de disciplina artis musicae → author → Guido d'Arezzo ⓘ
linked to: Guido of Arezzo
Epistola ad Michaelem → author → Guido of Arezzo ⓘ
Epistola ad Michaelem → hasAuthor → Guido of Arezzo ⓘ
Epistola ad Michaelem → writtenBy → Guido of Arezzo ⓘ
Ut queant laxis → influenced → Guido of Arezzo ⓘ
subject linked to: Hymn Ut queant laxis
Ut queant laxis → usedBy → Guido of Arezzo ⓘ
subject linked to: Hymn Ut queant laxis
Pomposa Abbey → associatedWith → Guido of Arezzo ⓘ