Andrew Barker

Scientific Method in Ptolemy's Harmonics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the scientific procedures devised by Ptolemy for investigating the structures underlying musical melody.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 627g
• ISBN-13: 9780521553728
• ISBN-10: 0521553725
• Artikelnr.: 31804609

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Reason and perception
3. Pitch and quantity
4. The ratios of the concords: (1) the Pythagoreans
5. The ratios of the concords: (2) Ptolemy's hupotheseis
6. Critique of Aristoxenian principles and conclusions
7. Ptolemy on the harmonic divisions of his predecessors
8. Melodic intervals: hupotheseis, derivations and adjustments
9. Larger systems: modulations in music and in method
10. The instruments
11. The tests
12. Harmonics in a wider perspective
Bibliography
Indexes.