
Music and Mathematics
from Pythagoras to Fractals
Published on 6. July 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-19-929893-8 (ISBN)
Description
From Ancient Greek times, music has been seen as a mathematical art, and the relationship between mathematics and music has fascinated generations. This collection of wide ranging, comprehensive and fully-illustrated papers, authored by leading scholars, presents the link between these two subjects in a lucid manner that is suitable for students of both subjects, as well as the general reader with an interest in music. Physical, theoretical, physiological, acoustic, compositional, and analytical relationships between mathematics and music are unfolded and explored with focus on tuning and temperament, the mathematics of sound, bell-ringing and modern compositional techniques.
Reviews / Votes
The writing throughout is wonderfully elegant and clear, so when the mathematical symbolism defeated me I could still follow the gist of the argument. * BBC Music Magazine * This is a lucid and stimulating introduction to a many-sided topic, leavened with amusing anecdotes and occasional donnish humour. * BBC Music Magazine *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Numerous halftones, line drawings and music examples
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
398 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-929893-8 (9780199298938)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
PART I: MUSIC AND MATHEMATICS THROUGH HISTORY; PART II: THE MATHEMATICS OF MUSICAL SOUND; PART III: MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE IN MUSIC; PART IV: THE COMPOSER SPEAKS