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Author Creese, David E. (David Evan), 1972-

Title The monochord in ancient Greek harmonic science / David Creese.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Talbott: Circulating Collection  ML3809 .C87 2010    Available  ---
Description xvi, 409 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Cambridge classical studies
Cambridge classical studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-373) and indexes.
Contents Introduction : the geometry of sound -- Hearing numbers, seeing sounds : the role of instruments and diagrams in Greek harmonic science -- Mathematical harmonics before the monochord -- The monochord in context -- Eratosthenes -- Canonic theory -- Ptolemy's canonics.
Subject Monochord.
Monochord.
Musical intervals and scales -- Greece -- History -- To 500.
Musical intervals and scales.
Greece.
History.
Chronological Term To 500
Subject Music theory -- Greece -- History -- To 500.
Music theory.
ISBN 9780521843249 hardback
0521843243 hardback