Quantifying Music - The Science of Music at the First Stage of Scientific Revolution 1580-1650 (Hardcover, 1984 ed.)

The soul rejoices in perceiving harmonious sound; when the sound is not harmonious it is grieved. From these affects of the soul are derived the name of consonances for the harmonic proportions, and the name of dissonances for the unharmonic proportions. When to this is added the other harmonie proportion whieh consists of the longer or shorter duration of musical sound, then the soul stirs the body to jumping dance, the tongue to inspired speech, according to the same laws. The artisans accommodate to these harmonies the blows of their hammers, the soldiers their pace. As long as the harmonies endure, everything is alive; everything stiffens, when they are disturbed.! Thus the German astronomer, Johannes Kepler, evokes the power of music. Where does this power come from? What properties of music enable it to stir up emotions which may go far beyond just feeling generally pleased, and which may express themselves, for instance, in weeping; in laughing; in trembling over the whole body; in a marked acceleration of breathing and heartbeat; in participating in the rhythm with the head, the hands, the arms, and the feet? From the beginning of musical theory the answer to this question has been sought in two different directions.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, 23
Release date:	May 1984
First published:	May 1984
Authors:	H.F. Cohen
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	308
Edition:	1984 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-90-277-1637-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Promotions
LSN:	90-277-1637-4
Barcode:	9789027716378

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