A Treatise on the Science of Music - Couverture souple

Reeves, Daniel M. G. S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108038808 ISBN 13 : 9781108038805

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

One of the earliest treatises on music to take a scientific as well as a practical approach, published in 1853.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

First published by the house of Novello in 1853, and later reprinted, this was one of the earliest treatises to take a scientific as well as a practical approach to the discussion of music. Written before Wagner had begun work on Tristan, this work can be seen as a response to the growing interest from the amateur in the 'science' of music. Little is known about the author, Daniel Reeves, who declares that that 'the idea of music comprises both an art and a science: the art consisting in the power of performing ... ; the science, in an acquaintance with the system on which the constituent sounds ... depend'. Using numerous examples, Reeves explains the basics of musical notation, and includes a lengthy mathematical analysis of the ratios of tones and intervals, underlining his belief that an understanding of music should be 'a necessary branch of every gentleman's education'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108038808
• ISBN 13: 9781108038805
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 246
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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