| Description |
xii, 616 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm + 1 audio disc (3 1/4 in.) |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Tastata. Studi e documenti ; 2
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Tastata. Studi e documenti ; TAS 2.
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| Note |
Collection of texts published previously between 1983 and 2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-591) and indexes. |
| Contents |
part I. Open-chain systems. Keyboard and fretted instruments : open-chain enharmonic tunings, 1470-1650 -- The revival of enharmonic keyboards : new solutions, 1760-1890 -- Violin and woodwinds intonation, 1650-1900 -- Beyond the Senario : the septimal and undecimal harmonies -- Doni's polyharmonic instruments and the new music inspired by Greek theory, c1590-1650 -- -- part II. Closed-chain systems. Equal tempered systems : theory and practice from Vicentino to Salzinger, 1555-1721 -- Development of ETS's theory in the Enlightenment -- Colonna's sambuca lincea and Stella's tricembalo, c1590-1640, also including information on Domenichino's enharmonic instruments -- Francesco Nigetti's cembalo onnicordo, c1640-1770 -- Orazi's enharmonic flute and its music, 1797-1815 -- -- part III. Deregulated systems. An unusual enharmony : the Zoorgan. |
| Language |
English text, in part translated from Italian. |
| Subject |
Musical intervals and scales -- History.
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Musical intervals and scales. |
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History. |
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Harmony.
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Harmony. |
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Composition (Music)
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Composition (Music) |
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Musical temperament.
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Musical temperament. |
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Music theory -- History.
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Music theory. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| ISBN |
9788895203140 hardbound |
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8895203143 hardbound |
| Music No. |
TAS 2 Il Levante Libreria Editrice |
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