LEADER 03788nam 22006852 450 001 9910967994103321 005 20151005020620.0 010 $a1-107-18386-3 010 $a1-281-14636-6 010 $a9786611146368 010 $a1-139-13328-4 010 $a0-511-36713-9 010 $a0-511-48246-9 010 $a0-511-36650-7 010 $a0-511-36587-X 010 $a0-511-36772-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481728 035 $a(EBL)321472 035 $a(OCoLC)476118760 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000242192 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194776 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000242192 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10319037 035 $a(PQKB)10287801 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511482465 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC321472 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL321472 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10213874 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL114636 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481728 100 $a20090216d2007|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe science of harmonics in classical Greece /$fAndrew Barker 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 481 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 08$a0-521-28995-5 311 08$a0-521-87951-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aBeginnings, and the problem of measurement -- Empirical harmonics before Aristoxenus -- The early empiricists in their cultural and intellectual contexts -- Interlude on Aristotle's account of a science and its methods -- Aristoxenus--the composition of the Elementa harmonica -- Aristoxenus--concepts and methods in Elementa harmonica book 1 -- Elementa harmonica books 2-3 -- Elementa harmonica book 3 and its missing sequel -- Contexts and purposes of Aristoxenus' harmonics -- Pythagorean harmonics in the Fifth Century -- Developments in Pythagorean harmonics -- Plato -- Aristotle on the harmonic sciences -- Systematising mathematical harmonics -- Quantification under attack -- Postscript--the later centuries. 330 $aThe ancient science of harmonics investigates the arrangements of pitched sounds which form the basis of musical melody, and the principles which govern them. It was the most important branch of Greek musical theory, studied by philosophers, mathematicians and astronomers as well as by musical specialists. This 2007 book examines its development during the period when its central ideas and rival schools of thought were established, laying the foundations for the speculations of later antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It concentrates particularly on the theorists' methods and purposes and the controversies that their various approaches to the subject provoked. It also seeks to locate the discipline within the broader cultural environment of the period; and it investigates, sometimes with surprising results, the ways in which the theorists' work draws on and in some cases influences that of philosophers and other intellectuals. 606 $aMusic$xAcoustics and physics 606 $aMusical intervals and scales$zGreece$xHistory$yTo 500 606 $aMusic theory$zGreece$xHistory$yTo 500 615 0$aMusic$xAcoustics and physics. 615 0$aMusical intervals and scales$xHistory 615 0$aMusic theory$xHistory 676 $a781.2/30938 700 $aBarker$b Andrew$f1943-$0186564 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967994103321 996 $aScience of harmonics in classical Greece$91021602 997 $aUNINA