Greek and Latin music theory

• Verfasst von: Nowacki, Edward [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Greek and Latin music theory
• Titelzusatz: principles and challenges
• Verf.angabe: Edward Nowacki
• Verlagsort: Rochester, NY ; Woodbridge, Suffolk
• Verlag: University of Rochester Press, Boydell & Brewer
• Jahr: 2020
• Umfang: viii, 225 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Notenbeispiele
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Eastman studies in music ; 171
• Fussnoten: Enthält Literaturangaben und Index
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-995-1
• ISBN: 978-1-78744-916-9
• Schlagwörter: (g)Griechenland <Altertum> / (g)Römisches Reich / (s)Musiktheorie / (z)Geschichte Anfänge-1500
• Schlagwörter: (s)Musiklehre / (s)Arithmetik / (z)Geschichte Anfänge-1500
• Sprache: eng
• RVK-Notation: LR 56710
• K10plus-PPN: 169099603X

Abstract

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.

Abstract

"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"--