Greek musical writings, Volume 2, Harmonic and acoustic theory

This second volume of Greek Musical Writings contains important texts on harmonic and acoustic theory, illustrating the progress of these sciences from their beginnings in the sixth century BC over the subsequent thousand years. Writers represented include Philolaus, Plato, Aristotle, Theophrastus,...

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Weitere Verfasser: Barker, Andrew 1943-2021 (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1989
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge readings in the literature of music
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction
  • Pythagoras and early Pythagoreanism ; Appendix : The scalar division of Archytas
  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • The Aristotelian Problemata
  • The Peripatetic De Audibilibus
  • Theophrastus
  • Aristoxenus. Elementa Harmonica ; Appendix : Aristoxenus' Elementa Rhythmica Book II
  • The Euclidean Sectio Canonis
  • Minor authors quoted by Theon and Porphyry. Passages from Theon of Smyrna ; Passages from Porphyry
  • Nicomachus : Enchiridion
  • Ptolemy : Harmonics
  • Aristides Quintilianus : De Musica
  • Bibliography of works by modern authors