Subject headings Musical temperament- History. The contentious adoption of the modern tuning system known as equal temperament called into question beliefs that had lasted nearly two millennia - and also made possible the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, and all who followed.'-Jacket. It is wondrously free of 'wolves,' inconsistencies, or unpleasant surprises. Indeed, this tuning must have sounded very odd to many of Willaerts contemporaries. Knopf, New York, 2001 Discovering that equal temperament was possible did not make it acceptable, however. In this engaging and accessible account, Stuart Isacoff leads us through the battles over that scale, placing them in the context of quarrels in the worlds of art, philosophy, religion, politics, and science. Excerpts from Stuart Isacoff, Temperament, Alfred A. Indeed, from the time of the ancient Greeks through the eras of Renaissance scientists and Enlightenment philosophers, the relationship between the notes of the musical scale was seen as a key to the very nature of the universe.

'Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes on today's pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature, or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton, and Rousseau played a role in the controversy. Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-267) and index. Temperament : the idea that solved music's greatest riddle / Stuart Isacoff. The Library of Congress has cataloged the Knopf edition as follows: Isacoff, Stuart. Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Temperament : how music became a battleground for the great minds of Western civilization / Stuart Isacoff. Request This Author Isacoff, Stuart, author. Temperament, Stuart Isacoff 9780571234462 Boeken bol.

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