Harmonious Triads : Physicists, Musicians, and Instrument Makers in Nineteenth-Century Germany.

By:

Jackson, Myles W

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (406 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780262276153

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Harmonious TriadsDDC classification:

784.194309034

LOC classification:

ML3805.J33 2006

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Contents:

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 E. F. F. Chladni: The Nodal Point between Acoustician and Musical-Instrument Maker -- 3 Singing Savants: Music for the Volk -- 4 The Organic versus the Mechanical -- 5 Wilhelm Weber, Reed Pipes, and Adiabatic Phenomena -- 6 The Fetish of Precision I: Scheibler's Tonometer and Tuning Technique -- 7 The Fetish of Precision II: Standardizing Music -- 8 Physics, Machines, and Musical Pedagogy -- Appendix -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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