Greek Reflections on the Nature of Music (Paperback)

In this book, Flora Levin explores how and why music was so important to the ancient Greeks. She examines the distinctions that they drew between the theory of music as an art ruled by number and the theory wherein number is held to be ruled by the art of music. These perspectives generated more expansive theories, particularly the idea that the cosmos is a mirror-image of music s structural elements and, conversely, that music by virtue of its cosmic elements time, motion, and the continuum is itself a mirror-image of the cosmos. These opposing perspectives gave rise to two opposing schools of thought, the Pythagorean and the Aristoxenian. Levin argues that the clash between these two schools could never be reconciled because the inherent conflict arises from two different worlds of mathematics. Her book shows how the Greeks appreciation of the profundity of music s interconnections with philosophy, mathematics, and logic led to groundbreaking intellectual achievements that no civilization has ever matched."

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2014
Authors:	Flora R. Levin
Dimensions:	230 x 154 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	366
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-45987-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-107-45987-7
Barcode:	9781107459878

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