Sound knowledge : music and science in London, 1789-1851 /

What does it mean to hear scientifically? What does it mean to see musically? This volume uncovers a new side to the long nineteenth century in London, a hidden history in which virtuosic musical entertainment and scientific discovery intersected in remarkable ways.Sound Knowledge examines how scien...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Davies, J. Q., 1973- (Editor ), Lockhart, Ellen (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Temas:
1700-1899
Music and science > History > 18th century.
Music and science > History > 19th century.
Music > England > London > 18th century > History and criticism.
Music > England > London > 19th century > History and criticism.
Science > England > London > History > 18th century.
Science > England > London > History > 19th century.
Musique et sciences > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Musique et sciences > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Musique > Angleterre > Londres > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Musique > Angleterre > Londres > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Sciences > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Sciences > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 19e siècle.
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical
MUSIC / Reference
Music
Music and science
Science
England > London
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : fantasies of total description / James Q. Davies and Ellen Lockhart
  • Music as an object of natural history / Emily I. Dolan
  • Celestial mechanisms : Adam Walker's Eidouranion, celestina, and the advancement of knowledge / Deidre Loughridge
  • Transparent music and sound-light analogy ca. 1800 / Ellen Lockhart
  • Charles Wheatstone : musical instrument making, natural philosophy, and acoustics in early-nineteenth-century London / Myles W. Jackson
  • Charles Wheatstone's enchanted lyre and the spectacle of sound / Melissa Dickson
  • Instruments of empire / James Q. Davies
  • Good vibrations : Frankenstein on the London stage / Sarah Hibberd
  • Engine noise and artificial intelligence : Babbage's London / Gavin Williams
  • Hearing things : musical objects at the 1851 Great Exhibition / Flora Willson.

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