H. F. Cohen

Quantifying Music

The Science of Music at the First Stage of Scientific Revolution 1580¿1650

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Produktbeschreibung

The soul rejoices in perceiving harmonious sound; when the sound is not harmonious it is grieved. From these affects of the soul are derived the name of consonances for the harmonic proportions, and the name of dissonances for the unharmonic proportions. When to this is added the other harmonie proportion whieh consists of the longer or shorter duration of musical sound, then the soul stirs the body to jumping dance, the tongue to inspired speech, according to the same laws. The artisans accommodate to these harmonies the blows of their hammers, the soldiers their pace. As long as the harmonies endure, everything is alive; everything stiffens, when they are disturbed.! Thus the German astronomer, Johannes Kepler, evokes the power of music. Where does this power come from? What properties of music enable it to stir up emotions which may go far beyond just feeling generally pleased, and which may express themselves, for instance, in weeping; in laughing; in trembling over the wholebody; in a marked acceleration of breathing and heartbeat; in participating in the rhythm with the head, the hands, the arms, and the feet? From the beginning of musical theory the answer to this question has been sought in two different directions.

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Produktdetails

• The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science 23
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-90-481-8388-3
• Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1984
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9789048183883
• ISBN-10: 904818388X
• Artikelnr.: 32031518

Inhaltsangabe

Defining the Problem Situation.- The Mathematical Approach.- The Experimental Approach.- The Mechanistic Approach.- Contacts and Criticisms.- An Example From the Second Generation.- Conclusions.

Rezensionen

`Quantifying Music appears to represent a high level of scholarship. THe author used entirely original sources and there are 35 pages of dense bibliographical notes in seven languages plus archaic versions thereof.' Journal of the Acousticsl Society of America (1986)

`Quantifying Music appears to represent a high level of scholarship. THe author used entirely original sources and there are 35 pages of dense bibliographical notes in seven languages plus archaic versions thereof.'
Journal of the Acousticsl Society of America (1986)