Fogliano, Ludovico (EN)

Fogliano Lodovico, * late 15th c. Modena, †after 1538, brother of Giacomo, composer and theorist. Between 1513 and 1514, he was a singer in the Cappella Giulia at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. He then returned to Modena and probably remained in the service of the d’Este family.

Among Fogliano’s most significant achievements are the formulation of a theoretical basis for distinguishing between fifth-and third-related key relationships, and the definitive resolution of the question of the consonance of thirds and sixths. As a composer, Fogliano is best known for his cento Fortuna di gran tempo (published in the collection Frottole libro nono, Venice 1508), in which he drew on a dozen or so folk songs, including villottes.

Literature: F. Torrefranca Il segreto del quattrocento, Milan 1939; K. Jeppesen Venetian Folk-Songs of the Renaissance, in: Papers Read at the International Congress of Musicology New York 1939, New York 1944. J. Barbour Tuning and Temperament, East Lansing (Michigan) 1953; G. Roncaglia La cappella musicale del duomo di Modena, «Historiae musicae cultores», Bibioteca Apostolica Vaticana Florence 1957.