Tuning the world : the rise of 440 Hertz in music, science & politics, 1859-1955 /

Tuning the World tells the unknown story of how the musical pitch A 440 became the global norm. Now commonly accepted as the point of reference for musicians in the Western world, A 440 Hertz only became the standard pitch during an international conference held in 1939. The adoption of this norm wa...

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