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Theorica

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The`or´i`ca
n. pl.1.(Gr. Antiq.) Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; - also called theoric fund.
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The first gloss refers to this opening section: 'Hic notandum est in omni scientia theoricam esse et praticam et est utraque scientia, sed differunt in hoc quod theorica est ilia cuius finis est solam scientiam inquirere et pratica cuius est investigare ea que in operatione existunt'.
Why study Ptolemy's Almagest? The evidence of MS Melbourne, State ... by Burnett, Charles / The La Trobe Journal
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Yet musica theorica said nothing about the practical side of music.
The music of the Bohemian Middle Ages by Matousek, Lukas / Czech Music
The intersection of musica theorica and musica practica in the Renaissance produced results of far more interest than the obligatory bow to antiquity in the ubiquitous laus musicae.
Musica Scientia: Musical Scholarship in the Italian Renaissance by Blackburn, Bonnie J. / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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