Aristoxenus made an enormous contribution to the development of music theory in antiquity. Despite his Pythagorean upbringing, he rejected Pythagorean methods of harmonics which focused on the mathematical significance of musical structures and instead applied a scientific methodology appropriated from Aristotle. This volume studies the theories of Aristoxenus.
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epimoric intervals, rhythmic treatise, harmonic treatise, primary chronos, tetrachordal divisions, moveable notes, musical enquiry, chronos protos, natural theoretical science, epimoric ratios, enharmonic pyknon, harmonic science, musical methodology, enharmonic genus, disjunctive tone, musica greca, vocabulorum differentia, octave species, greater perfect system, irrational intervals, musical investigation, axiomatic science, disjunct tetrachords, enharmonic genera, rhythmic theory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aristides Quintilianus, Peri Mousikes, Sectio Canonis, Posterior Analytics, Martianus Capella, Aristoxenus of Tarentum, Bacchius Geron, Middle Ages, Ptolemy's Harmonics, Book Ill, Kai Tas, Plato's Timaeus, Porphyry's Commentary New!
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Aristides Quintilianus, Peri Mousikes, Sectio Canonis, Posterior Analytics, Martianus Capella, Aristoxenus of Tarentum, Bacchius Geron, Middle Ages, Ptolemy's Harmonics, Book Ill, Kai Tas, Plato's Timaeus, Porphyry's Commentary New!
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- Posterior Analytics (Clarendon Aristotle) by Aristotle on 15 pages
- Greek Musical Writings: Volume 1, The Musician and his Art (Cambridge Readings in the Literature of Music) by Andrew Barker in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Teach Yourself Ancient Greek Complete Course by Gavin Betts in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ars Rhetorica (Oxford Classical Texts) by Aristotle on page 80, and Back Matter
- Preparation for the Gospel by Eusebius Pamphill on page 126, and Back Matter
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