The Science of Music

ISBN-13: 9780198166481 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 238 str.

Robin Maconie

Opis

What do Pythagoras, Plato, Newton, and Wittgenstein have in common with Jack and the Beanstalk, David and Goliath, the Hare and the Tortoise, and Formula 1 auto racing? Hearing is the clue, and musical science the answer. In his revolutionary sequel to The Concept of Music (OUP, 1990), Robin Maconie uncovers the hidden role of musical acoustics in the formulation of key concepts of science and philosophy from ancient Greece to modern times.

Recenzje

From reviews of Robin Maconie's The Concept of Music: 'Enormously well-informed about the practical realitites of acoustics, the physics of sound, the history and architecture of music-rooms, the design of the instruments ... blinding the reader with science is certainly not his aim; all those resources are brought to bear upon the topic he keeps firmly in hand, which is music. Financial Times

O autorze

Robin Maconie is Publisher Reports Manager at Dawson UK Ltd's Book Division (Library Suppliers). A New Zealand born composer and writer on music, he has been chief music critic for the TES and visiting lecturer at the City University and Surrey University.