Temperament How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization

Name: Temperament How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
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ISBN: 9780375703300

ISBN-10: 0375703306

ISBN-13: 9780375703300

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Authors: Stuart Isacoff

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Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes on today’s pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature, or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role in the controversy. Indeed, from the time of the Ancient Greeks through the eras of Renaissance scientists and Enlightenment philosophers, the relationship between the notes of the musical scale was seen as a key to the very nature of the universe. In this engaging and accessible account, Stuart Isacoff leads us through the battles over that scale, placing them in the context of quarrels in the worlds of art, philosophy, religion, politics…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/4/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English




Prelude



Newton's Desires



In the Realm of the Gods



So Many Bells



The Search for La: A Musical Puzzle



Frozen Music



The Harmony of Heaven and Earth



A Keyboard Perspective



Euclid's Gift



The Alchemy of Sound



A Short Trip to China



The Scientists Confer



Liberty, Equality, Adversity



Coda


Afterword


Acknowledgments


Bibliography


Index