The Science of Harmonics in Classical Greece (Hardback)
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Short Description for The Science of Harmonics in Classical Greece This 2007 book examines the ancient science of harmonics, the most important branch of Greek musical theory.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 31 October 2007
- Format: Hardback 494 pages
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- Categories: Art History: Ancient & Classical BCE to c 500 CE | Music | Theory Of Music & Musicology | Techniques Of Music / Music Tutorials | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Western Philosophy: Ancient, To C 500
- ISBN 13: 9780521879514 ISBN 10: 0521879515
- Sales rank: 1,298,837
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Full description for The Science of Harmonics in Classical Greece
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 2007 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.
