Music by the numbers : from Pythagoras to Schoenberg /

How music has influenced mathematics, physics, and astronomy from ancient Greece to the twentieth centuryMusic is filled with mathematical elements, the works of Bach are often said to possess a math-like logic, and Igor Stravinsky said "musical form is close to mathematics," while Arnold...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Maor, Eli (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Music > Mathematics.
Music > Acoustics and physics.
Musique > Mathématiques.
Musique > Acoustique et physique.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
MATHEMATICS > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: A World in Crisis
  • String Theory, 500 BCE
  • SIDEBAR A. It's All about Nomenclature
  • Enlightenment
  • The Great String Debate, 1730-1780
  • SIDEBAR B. The Slinky
  • A Most Precious Gift
  • Musical Temperament
  • SIDEBAR C. Music for the Record Books: The Lowest, the Longest, the Oldest, and the Weirdest
  • Musical Gadgets: The Tuning Fork and the Metronome
  • Rhythm, Meter, and Metric
  • Frames of Reference: Where Am I?
  • SIDEBAR D. Musical Hierarchies
  • Relativistic Music
  • Aftermath
  • SIDEBAR E. The Bernoulli
  • The Last Pythagoreans.

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