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 speci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barker, Andrew, 1943-2021
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Temas:
To 500
Music > Acoustics and physics.
Musical intervals and scales > Greece > History > To 500.
Music theory > Greece > History > To 500.
Musique > Acoustique et physique.
Théorie musicale > Grèce > Histoire > Jusqu'à 500.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
Music theory.
Musical intervals and scales.
Harmonielehre
Harmonieleer.
Griekse oudheid.
Greece.
Griechenland > Altertum
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Preliminaries. Introduction
  • Beginnings, and the problem of measurement
  • pt. II. Empirical harmonics. Empirical harmonics before Aristoxenus
  • The early empiricists in their cultural and intellectual contexts
  • Interlude on Aristotle's account of a science and its methods
  • Aristoxenus : the composition of the Elementa harmonica
  • Aristoxenus : concepts and methods in Elementa harmonica book I
  • Elementa harmonica books II-III : the science reconsidered
  • Elementa harmonica book III and its missing sequel
  • Contexts and purposes of Aristoxenus' harmonics
  • pt. III. Mathematical harmonics. Pythagorean harmonics in the fifth century : Philolaus
  • Developments in Pythagorean harmonics : Archytas
  • Plato
  • Aristotle on the harmonic sciences
  • Systematising mathematical harmonics : the Sectio canonis
  • Quantification under attack : Theophrastus' critique
  • Postscript : the later centuries.

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