Greek and Latin music theory : principles and challenges / Edward Nowacki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nowacki, Edward, author.

Series:

Eastman studies in music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music theory--History--500-1400.

Music theory.

History.

Music theory--History--To 500.

Music, Greek and Roman--History and criticism.

Music, Greek and Roman.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 225 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2020.

Summary:

"A long-needed overview of, and guide to, the principles behind the treatises on music theory written in ancient Greece and Rome and continuing through the Middle Ages"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. The Ancient Greek Tradition in Practice and Theory. The Ancient Harmoniai ; The Tonoi ; Alypian Notation

Part II. Mathematical Foundations. Pythagorean Harmonic Ratios from the Octave to the Comma by Continuous Subtraction ; Boethius's Error in the De institutione musica 4.6 ; Aristoxenus's Proof That the Perfect Fourth Is the Sum of Two Tones and a Semitone ; Aristoxenus's Anticipation of the Logarithmic Logic of Musical Cognition ; The Three Mathematical Means in the Theories of Euclid, Boethius, Glarean, and Zarlino ; Guido and the Monochord

Part III. Emerging Theories of the Ecclesiastical Modes. Transposition and the Doctrine of Modal Affinity ; The Misunderstood Confinalis ; Reading the First Quidam of the Alia musica ; The Prologus in tonarium of Bern of Reichenau : A Translation ; Reading Hermannus ; Idealist and Empirical Perspectives in Theories of the Ecclesiastical Modes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781580469951

1580469957

OCLC:

1142036227