Greek and Latin music theory : principles and challenges /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nowacki, Edward (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2020.
Series:	Eastman studies in music.
Subjects:	Music theory > History > 500-1400. Music theory > History > To 500. Music, Greek and Roman > History and criticism. Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600) MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory. Music, Greek and Roman. Music theory. To 1400 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The ancient Harmoniai
The Tonoi
Alypian notation
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
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