We are excited to welcome Patrick Kaufman to the workshop this Wednesday (4:30 p.m., Logan 801) as he presents his paper, “Alia Practica Musicae” (Another Practice of Music).  In it, Patrick considers historical and intellectual context to put forward an alternative reading of Gaffurio’s landmark Practica musicae of 1496, ultimately suggesting that its references to Roman banquet culture and Neoplatonic secret philosophy disclose previously unacknowledged music-theoretic import. Our other music-theoretically predisposed Patrick (Fitzgibbon) will serve as respondent.