Triptych of Knowledge (from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci)

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci must be performed in one of two ways:

• In its entirety with SATB choir, chamber ensemble, chamber orchestra, or full orchestra, and with video projections. Please contact la***@*********er.com to coordinate projection licensing, instrumental parts, and logistics.
• As an an SATB a cappella set called “Triptych of Knowledge — from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci” including only the movements Practice, Perception, and The Greatest Good in that order. Projections are optional. Please visit Ion Concert Media here to license projections for the Triptych.

If you wish to perform this work in any other way, please contact Jocelyn Hagen directly at jo*****@**********en.com for explicit approval.

All performing ensembles are required to sign a brief Letter of Agreement to ensure the production meets minimum requirements. If you have any questions and to initiate this process, please contact la***@*********er.com.

1. PRACTICE

Those who are in love with practice without knowledge are like the
sailor who gets into a ship without rudder or compass and who
never can be certain whither he is going. Practice must always be
founded on sound theory, and to this, perspective is the guide and
the gateway; and without this nothing can be done well in the
matter of drawing.

2. PERCEPTION

All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions.

3. THE GREATEST GOOD

The greatest good of all is knowledge.
Obstacle cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to firm resolve.
The acquisition of any knowledge is always useful to the intellect,
because it will be able to banish useless things and retain those that
are good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known.

-crafted by Jocelyn Hagen using various public domain English translations from Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook pages