Music by the Numbers : : From Pythagoras to Schoenberg / / Eli Maor.
How music has influenced mathematics, physics, and astronomy from ancient Greece to the twentieth centuryMusic is filled with mathematical elements, the works of Bach are often said to possess a math-like logic, and Igor Stravinsky said "musical form is close to mathematics," while Arnold...
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| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Prologue: A World in Crisis
- Chapter 2. String Theory, 500 BCE
- Sidebar A. It's All about Nomenclature
- Chapter 3. Enlightenment
- Chapter 4. The Great String Debate, 1730-1780
- Sidebar B. The Slinky
- Chapter 5. A Most Precious Gift
- Chapter 6. Musical Temperament
- Sidebar C. Music for the Record Books
- Chapter 7. Musical Gadgets
- Chapter 8. Rhythm, Meter, and Metric
- Chapter 9. Frames of Reference: Where am I?
- Sidebar D. Musical Hierarchies
- Chapter 10. Relativistic Music
- Chapter 11. Aftermath
- Sidebar E. The Bernoulli
- Chapter 12. The Last Pythagoreans
- Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index