Harmonious triads : physicists, musicians, and instrument makers in nineteenth-century Germany /

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An analysis of the intersection of science and music in nineteenth-century Germany: how music provided physicists with a venue for experiments as well as a cultural resource, and how physics assisted musicians in their art and musical instrument makers in.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jackson, Myles W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Series:Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Subjects:
1800-1899
Music > Acoustics and physics > 19th century.
Music > Germany > 19th century.
Musique > Acoustique et physique > 19e siècle.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > General.
Intellectual life
Music > Acoustics and physics
Music
Germany > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Allemagne > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
Germany
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
ARTS/Music & Sound Studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 E.F.F. Chladni: The Nodal Point between Acoustician and Musical-Instrument Maker""; ""3 Singing Savants: Music for the Volk""; ""4 The Organic versus the Mechanical""; ""5 Wilhelm Weber, Reed Pipes, and Adiabatic Phenomena""; ""6 The Fetish of Precision I: Scheiblerâ€?s Tonometer and Tuning Technique""; ""7 The Fetish of Precision II: Standardizing Music""; ""8 Physics, Machines, and Musical Pedagogy""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""Index""

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