Aristoxenus of Tarentum and the Birth of Musicology
Author | : Sophie Gibson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2014-04-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781135877460 |
ISBN-13 | : 1135877467 |
Rating | : 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Download or read book Aristoxenus of Tarentum and the Birth of Musicology written by Sophie Gibson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aristoxenus made an enormous contribution to the development of music theory in antiquity. Despite his Pythagorean upbringing, he rejected Pythagorean methods of harmonics which focused on the mathematical significance of musical structures and instead applied a scientific methodology appropriated from Aristotle. This volume studies the theories of Aristoxenus.