Aristoxenus of Tarentum and the Birth of Musicology

Informationen zum Autor Sophie Gibson , an independent scholar, received her Ph.D. from Oxford University in 2002. Klappentext First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis! an informa company. Zusammenfassung Aristoxenus made an enormous contribution to the development of music theory in antiquity. Despite his Pythagorean upbringing, he rejected Pythagorean methods of harmonics which focused on the mathematical significance of musical structures and instead applied a scientific methodology appropriated from Aristotle. This volume studies the theories of Aristoxenus. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Harmonic Theory before Aristoxenus 2. The Influence of Aristotle on Aristoxenus' Harmonic Science 3. The Harmonics 4. The Rhythmics 5. Not the Harmonics 6. Musical Theory after Aristoxenus Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Sophie Gibson, Gibson Sophie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2012
• EAN: 9780415653589
• ISBN: 978-0-415-65358-9
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Studies in Classics
• Subjects: HISTORY / Ancient / General, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation