Aristoxenus of Tarentum and the Birth of Musicology

ISBN-13: 9780415970617 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 274 str.

Sophie Gibson; Gibson Gibson; Sophie Gibson

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'A valuable contribution to classical studies' - Early Music

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Sophie Gibson, an independent scholar, received her Ph.D. from Oxford University in 2002.