Music, experiment and mathematics in England, 1653-1705 / Benjamin Wardhaugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wardhaugh, Benjamin, 1979-

Contributor:

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music theory--England--History--17th century.

Music theory.

Music and science--History--17th century.

Music and science.

Music--Mathematics.

Music.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

vi, 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2008]

Contents:

From Pythagoras to Kircher (Ancient sources. Boethius and the Pythagorean scale. The Renaissance : the just scale. Towards 1700 : the coincidence theory. Temperaments : equal and mean tone. The early seventeenth century)

Musical pitch : discrete or continuous? (Pitch depicted, pitch quantified. Measuring musical ratios. Equal divisions and Euclid's algorithm. Ratios of ratios. Logarithms. Pitch discrete and continuous)

Faculties of hearing (The structure of the ear. The function of the ear. The nature of sound. Musical sound, musical hearing)

Harmony in the mechanical world (Instruments and experiments. The uses of music. Francis North. William Holder)

Theories and practices (John Birchensha. John Wallis. Thomas Salmon. Summary)

Conclusion (What happened next? Music, experiment and mathematics).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-204) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

9780754665267

0754665267

OCLC:

192134494