Music and Mathematics from Pythagoras to fractals
From Ancient Greek times, music has been seen as a mathematical art, and the relationship between mathematics and music has fascinated generations. This collection of wide ranging, comprehensive and fully-illustrated papers, authorized by leading scholars, presents the link between these two subject...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2003
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Add Tag | Summary: | From Ancient Greek times, music has been seen as a mathematical art, and the relationship between mathematics and music has fascinated generations. This collection of wide ranging, comprehensive and fully-illustrated papers, authorized by leading scholars, presents the link between these two subjects in a lucid manner that is suitable for students of both subjects, as well as the general reader with an interest in music. Physical, theoretical, physiological, acoustic, compositional and analytical relationships between mathematics and music are unfolded and explored with focus on tuning and temperament, the mathematics of sound, bell-ringing and modern compositional techniques. |
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| Physical Description: | 189 pages illustrations., music 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-182) and index |
| ISBN: | 0198511876 |
Music a mathematical offering