Temperament : how music became a battleground for the great minds of Western civilization
by
Isacoff, Stuart.
Title
:
Temperament : how music became a battleground for the great minds of Western civilization
Author
:
Isacoff, Stuart.
ISBN
:
9780375703300
Publication Information
:
New York : Vintage, 2001.
Physical Description
:
277 s.
General Note
:
"With a new afterword"--P. [4] cover.
Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the Knopf edition as follows: Isacoff, Stuart. Temperament : the idea that solved music's greatest riddle / Stuart Isacoff.
Contents
:
Newton's desires -- In the realm of the gods -- So many bells -- The search for La; a musical puzzle -- Frozen music -- Harmony of Heaven and Earth -- Keyboard perspective -- Euclid's gift -- Alchemy of sound -- Short trip to China -- Scientists confer -- Liberty, equality, adversity.
Subject Term
:
Musical temperament -- History.
Musical intervals and scales.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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| Conservatory Library | Book | 7.2/13/38311 | ML3809 .I83 2001 | | Konservatuvar Genel Koleksiyon |