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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521843243
ISBN-139780521843249
eBay Product ID (ePID)77201258
Product Key Features
Number of Pages426 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMonochord in Ancient Greek Harmonic Science
SubjectHistory & Criticism, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Acoustics & Sound
Publication Year2010
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid Creese
Subject AreaMusic, Philosophy, Science
SeriesCambridge Classical Studies
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight25.2 Oz
Item Length8.8 in
Item Width5.7 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2009-040103
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"The results achieved by this book go well beyond those suggested by the title... . Despite the complexity of the topic, the text is well written. It makes an important contribution not only to current scholarship on Greek musical theory...but also to the study of ancient Greek science in general." --BMCR, All this is not to detract from the fact that David Creese has filled an important gap in the studies of ancient Greek music in a masterful way, in a book that enriches the libraries of everybody interested in this particular field of study, philologist or music historian, as well as in the development of scientific though in general." -- Stefan Hagel, Institute for Research in Classical Philosophy and Science
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal787.7
Table Of ContentPreface; Introduction: The geometry of sound; 1. Hearing numbers, seeing sounds: the role of instruments and diagrams in Greek harmonic science; 2. Mathematical harmonics before the monochord; 3. The monochord in context; 4. Eratosthenes; 5. Canonic theory; 6. Ptolemy's canonics; Bibliography; Index.
SynopsisThe monochord was an instrument used in ancient Greece to prove theorems about the arithmetical relationship between pitched sounds in music. This book traces its history and multiple uses from its earliest appearance to Claudius Ptolemy (mid-second century AD)., Among the many instruments devised by students of mathematical sciences in ancient Greece, the monochord provides one of the best opportunities to examine the methodologies of those who employed it in their investigations. Consisting of a single string which could be divided at measured points by means of movable bridges, it was used to demonstrate theorems about the arithmetical relationships between pitched sounds in music. This book traces the history of the monochord and its multiple uses down to Ptolemy, bringing together all the relevant evidence in one comprehensive study. By comparing the monochord with a number of other ancient scientific instruments and their uses, David Creese shows how the investigation of music in ancient Greece not only shares in the patterns of demonstrative and argumentative instrument use common to other sciences, but also goes beyond them in offering the possibility of a rigorous empiricism unparalleled in Greek science.
LC Classification NumberML3809 .C87 2010
