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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.
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