The Beginnings of the Modern Philosophy of Music in England

Francis North's A Philosophical Essay of Musick (1677) with comments of Isaac Newton, Roger North and in the Philosophical Transactions

Jamie C. Kassler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

258 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-25634-7 (ISBN)

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In 1677 a slim quarto volume was published anonymously as A Philosophical Essay of Musick. Written by Francis North (1637-85), chief justice of the Common Pleas, the Essay is in the form of a legal case argued from an hypothesis. Utilising the pendulum as his hypothesis, North provided a rationale from mechanics for the emerging new musical practice we now call 'tonality'. He also made auditory resonance the connecting link between acoustical events in the external world and the musical meanings the mind makes on the basis of sensory perception. Thus began the modern philosophy of music that culminated with the work of Hermann von Helmholtz. As a step towards understanding this tradition, Jamie C. Kassler examines the 1677 Essay in its historical context. After assessing three seventeenth-century criticisms of it and outlining how one critic developed some implications in the Essay, she summarises the basic principles that have guided the modern philosophy of music from its beginnings in the 1677 Essay. The book includes an annotated edition of the Essay as well as the comments of the three critics.

Jamie C. Kassler

Illustrations, Prefatory Note and Acknowledgments, Abbreviations, 1 Introduction to A Philosophical Essay o.f Musick (1677), 2 The System of the Essay, 3 The Critics of the Essay, Conclusion, Appendix A: Editions, Appendix B: Some 'Ingenious Acquaintances' of Francis North, References, Index of Names, Index of Subjects

Erscheinungsdatum	08.01.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
ISBN-10	1-138-25634-X / 113825634X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-25634-7 / 9781138256347
Zustand	Neuware