On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894.

Contributor:

Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890, editor, translator.

Standardized Title:

Lehre von den Tonempfindungen. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Sound--Physiological effect.

Sound.

Music--Physiological aspects.

Music.

Music--Acoustics and physics.

Physical Description:

xix, 576 pages : illustrations, diagrams, music, tables. ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second English edition, translated, thoroughly revised and corrected, rendered conformal to the fourth (and last) German edition of 1877, with numerous additional notes and a new additional appendix bringing down information to 1885, and especially adapted to the use of music students, by Alexander J. Ellis. With a new introduction (1954) by Henry Margenau.

Place of Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, [1954]

Summary:

This masterly treatment of classical acoustics embodies the great physicist's lifetime of research and presents his vast knowledge of the field in a clear, easy-to-follow account. Includes 68 figures.

Notes:

Bibliography at end of first introduction.

ISBN:

0486607534

OCLC:

385076