The art of musical diagrams : from Boethius to Albersheim and beyond / Daniel Muzzulini (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Muzzulini, Daniel, editor.

Series:

Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft, 1012-8441 ; Serie II - Vol. 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music and geometry.

Musical intervals and scales.

Music--Mathematics.

Music.

Musical notation--History.

Musical notation.

Music theory--History.

Music theory.

Art and music.

Genre:

graphs.

wheel charts.

Graphs.

Wheel charts.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

Lausanne ; New York : Peter Lang, 2026.

Summary:

"Creating diagrams is an art-a techne-shared across several of the seven liberal arts. This richly illustrated volume explores how music has been conceived, taught, and imagined through diagrams from antiquity to the modern era. Musical diagrams can condense theory or guide practice; they may be schematic or pictorial, static or moving, intuitive or paradoxical. Their designs invite non-linear interpretation and mirror changing modes of musical thought. Contributors bring historical and interdisciplinary perspectives to this largely unexplored visual tradition: the measurement of Pythagorean intervals and Nicolaus Oresme's harmony of the polygons; Theinred of Dover's theory of species; circular diagrams in the Islamic world; the evolution from two-dimensional diagrams of musical hands to three-dimensional interactive devices known as volvelles; Baroque volvelles and their dynamic role in musical representation; and visual representations of timbre. This book reveals how visual strategies have long informed musical reasoning, offering new insight into the interplay between sound, image, and thought"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Measuring Pythagorean Intervals : From Boethius to Stifel / Daniel Muzzulini

The Harmony of the Polygons in Nicolaus Oresme's "Algorismus Proportionum" / Daniel Muzzulini

Theinred of Dover's Theory of Species : Revolution, Rotation, and Circularity / John L. Snyder

Circle Diagrams in the Music Theory of the Islamic World / Judith I. Haug

Roman de Volvelle : A Story of Visual Aids in Early Modern Musical Texts / Susan Forscher Weiss

Volvelles in Baroque Music Theory / Michael R. Dodds

Fantastic Formants and Where to Find Them / Christoph Reuter.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version Art of musical diagrams

ISBN:

9783034363556

3034363559

OCLC:

1593918595

Publisher Number:

90104547799