Music in the French Royal Academy of Sciences : : A Study in the Evolution of Musical Thought / / Albert Cohen.
This book describes a colorful period in French social and cultural history, during which music and science combined to provide the intellectual and aesthetic spirit of the Age of Enlightenment with an enormous vitality. Investigating the place assigned to music in France's preeminent scientifi...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1982 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (178 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER I. THE EARLY YEARS: MUSIC AS DISCIPLINE -- CHAPTER II. ACOUSTICS, PHONATION, AND AUDITION: MUSIC AS SOUND -- CHAPTER III. MACHINES ET INVENTIONS: MUSIC AS CRAFT -- CHAPTER IV. THEORY AND PRACTICE: MUSIC AS SYSTEM -- CONCLUSION -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | This book describes a colorful period in French social and cultural history, during which music and science combined to provide the intellectual and aesthetic spirit of the Age of Enlightenment with an enormous vitality. Investigating the place assigned to music in France's preeminent scientific institution, the Paris Academy, the author shows the role played by the scientific movement in the evolution of musical thought prior to the Revolution.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781400853540 9783110413441 9783110413502 9783110442496 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781400853540 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Albert Cohen. |