The Euclidean Division of the Canon Greek and Latin Sources |
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| Author:
| Barbera, André
Barbera, André |
| Series title: | Greek and Latin Music Theory Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-1220-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1991 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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The Division of the Canon is an ancient Pythagorean treatise on the relationship between mathematical and acoustical truths. Euclidean in style, sectional in nature, and essentially Pythagorean, the Division has been susceptible to quotation since antiquity and has attracted the attention of many musicologists, classicists, mathematicians, and historians of science.
The Division of the Canon is an ancient Pythagorean treatise on the relationship between mathematical and acoustical truths. Euclidean in style, sectional in nature, and essentially Pythagorean, the Division has been susceptible to quotation since antiquity and has attracted the attention of many musicologists, classicists, mathematicians, and historians of science.