How did Claudio Monteverdi respond to Giovanni Maria Artusi’s criticism?

Claudio Monteverdi responded to the criticisms of the Bolognese theorist Giovanni Maria Artusi—who had attacked his use of intense and prolonged dissonance—by issuing an important aesthetic statement regarding his artistic philosophy.1

Rather than accepting the label of a revolutionary, Monteverdi argued that he was a follower of a tradition that had been developing for over 50 years. He asserted that his work sought a union of the arts, particularly between words and music, and that an artwork must be powerful enough to "move the whole man," which sometimes necessitated abandoning conventional musical rules.1

Furthermore, Monteverdi articulated the concept of two "practices":
* First Practice: An older tradition where music itself was supreme, represented by the pure polyphony of composers like Josquin des Prez and Giovanni Palestrina.1
* Second Practice: A modern style that prioritized the emotional expression of the text, which became the basis for opera and cantatas.1