Music and Mathematics
From Pythagoras to Fractals
Seiten
2006
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-929893-8 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-929893-8 (ISBN)
From Ancient Greek times, music has been seen as a mathematical art, and this relationship has fascinated generations. This new in paperback edition of diverse, comprehensive and fully-illustrated papers, authored by leading scholars, links the two fields in a lucid manner that is suitable for students of each subject as well as the general reader.
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, authored 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.
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, authored 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.
PART I: MUSIC AND MATHEMATICS THROUGH HISTORY; PART II: THE MATHEMATICS OF MUSICAL SOUND; PART III: MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE IN MUSIC; PART IV: THE COMPOSER SPEAKS
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.7.2006 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Numerous halftones and line drawings |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 189 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 404 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-929893-9 / 0199298939 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-929893-8 / 9780199298938 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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