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Temperament : the idea that solved music's greatest riddle / Stuart Isacoff.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3809 .I83 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isacoff, Stuart.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musical temperament.
- Musical intervals and scales.
- Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 259 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, [2001]
- Summary:
- Isacoff relates the story of the reinvention of the piano--a story that encompasses social history, religion, philosophy, and science as well as musicology--in a concise and sparkling narrative. 45 illustrations.
- Contents:
- 2. Newton's Desires 9
- 3. In the Realm of the Gods 26
- 4. So Many Bells 43
- 5. The Search for La: A Musical Puzzle 58
- 6. Frozen Music 69
- 7. The Harmony of Heaven and Earth 81
- 8. A Keyboard Perspective 94
- 9. Euclid's Gift 107
- 10. The Alchemy of Sound 132
- 11. A Short Trip to China 158
- 12. The Scientists Confer 171
- 13. Liberty, Equality, Adversity 198.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0375403558
- OCLC:
- 46959391
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