Gaudentius (music theorist)
Gaudentius was a Greek music theorist in Classical Antiquity. Nothing is known of his life or background, or when he lived, except what can be inferred from his sole surviving work,  (English: Harmonic Introduction), a treatise. Leonhard Schmitz and Karl von Jan say that he seems to have known the writings of Aristoxenus (); but Schmitz says, not those of Ptolemy (). Hugo Riemann says he may have been a younger contemporary of Ptolemy. Cassiodorus () praises the treatise, and mentions a contemporary Latin translation for use in schools by one Mutianus, which has not survived. The treatise was first printed in 1652 by Marcus Meibomius, together with a commentary and a Latin translation, in his Antiquae musicae auctores septem (English: Ancient Music by Seven Authors). References

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  A French translation of , with commentary. Date of birth unknown
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Greek musicologists
Ancient Greek music theorists