Research

RESEARCH

Browse our database and research projects around vocal improvisation in the Renaissance

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Bibliography

HISTORICAL SOURCES

A list on primary sources around Renaissance counterpoint

can be found on the website

of the CESR.

CONTEMPORARY SOURCES

Bibliography of studies on the ‘improvised’ dimension of counterpoint, both vocal and instrumental (by P. Canguilhem)

External ressources

Modern transcription of musical examples taken from Vicente Lusitano’s treatises on the CESR website.

L’improvisation polyphonique à la Renaissance

Book by Philippe Canguilhem

Other projects

STUDY DAYS IN GENEVA 2025

Discover the lectures at the study days « The Renaissance of counterpoint » in October 2025 at the HEM in Geneva.

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