a| 9781580469951 q| hardback

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a| eng

a| Nowacki, Edward 4| aut 9| 23457

a| Greek and Latin Music Theory: b| Principles and Challenges

a| Rochester, NY b| University of Rochester Press c| 2020

a| viii-225 pages c| 24 cm

a| Eastman Studies in Music v| 171

a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-217) and index.

a| Part I. The Ancient Greek Tradition in Practice and Theory. The Ancient Harmoniai ; The Tonoi ; Alypian Notation -- Part II. Mathematical Foundations. Pythagorean Harmonic Ratios from the Octave to the Comma by Continuous Subtraction ; Boethius's Error in the De institutione musica 4.6 ; Aristoxenus's Proof That the Perfect Fourth Is the Sum of Two Tones and a Semitone ; Aristoxenus's Anticipation of the Logarithmic Logic of Musical Cognition ; The Three Mathematical Means in the Theories of Euclid, Boethius, Glarean, and Zarlino ; Guido and the Monochord -- Part III. Emerging Theories of the Ecclesiastical Modes. Transposition and the Doctrine of Modal Affinity ; The Misunderstood Confinalis ; Reading the First Quidam of the Alia musica ; The Prologus in tonarium of Bern of Reichenau : A Translation ; Reading Hermannus ; Idealist and Empirical Perspectives in Theories of the Ecclesiastical Modes.

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