Greek and Latin Music Theory: Principles and Challenges
- Author: Nowacki, Edward
Greek and Latin Music Theory constitutes a thematically coherent assemblage curated through the expertise and personal interests of a master pedagogue, a treasury stuffed with an assortment... — More…
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Contents
- Introduction
- 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
- Glossary of Terms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index