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The Science of Harmonics in Classical Greece
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The ancient science of harmonics investigates the arrangements of pitched sounds which form the basis of musical melody, and the principles which govern them. It was the most important branch of Greek musical theory, studied by philosophers, mathematicians and astronomers as well as by musical specialists. This book examines its development during the period when its central ideas and rival schools of thought were established, laying the foundations for the speculations of later antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It concentrates particularly on the theorists' methods and purposes and the controversies that their various approaches to the subject provoked. It also seeks to locate the discipline within the broader cultural environment of the period; and it investigates, sometimes with surprising results, the ways in which the theorists' work draws on and in some cases influences that of philosophers and other intellectuals.
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Cambridge University Press; September 2007
494 pages; ISBN 9780511364099
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494 pages; ISBN 9780511364099
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Subject categories
- Academic > Performing Arts > Literature on music > Literature on music > Physics and acoustics
- Academic > Performing Arts > Literature on music > Literature on music > acoustics of music. Physiological aspects of music
- Academic > Performing Arts > Literature on music > Periodicals. Serials
- Academic > Performing Arts > Literature on music > Festivals. Congresses
- History > Ancient > Greece
- Music > Instruction & Study
- Music > History & Criticism
- History > Military > World War I
- History > Asia
- History > Great Britain
- History > Europe
- History > World
- Philosophy
ISBNs
0511364091
9780511364099
9780511365287
9780521879514

