Jackson, Myles W.

Harmonious Triads : Physicists, Musicians, and Instrument Makers in Nineteenth-Century Germany. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (406 pages) - Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology Series . - Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology Series .

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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Music-Acoustics and physics-19th century.
Music-Germany-19th century-Philosophy and aesthetics.
Germany-Intellectual life-19th century.


Electronic books.

ML3805.J33 2006

784.194309034