Music and Mathematics
from Pythagoras to Fractals
Wilson author Fauvel author Flood author Wilson editor Fauvel editor Flood editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:6th Jul '06
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From Ancient Greek times, music has been seen as a mathematical art, and the relationship between mathematics and music has fascinated generations. This collection of wide ranging, comprehensive and fully-illustrated papers, authored by leading scholars, presents the link between these two subjects in a lucid manner that is suitable for students of both subjects, as well as the general reader with an interest in music. Physical, theoretical, physiological, acoustic, compositional, and analytical relationships between mathematics and music are unfolded and explored with focus on tuning and temperament, the mathematics of sound, bell-ringing and modern compositional techniques.
The writing throughout is wonderfully elegant and clear, so when the mathematical symbolism defeated me I could still follow the gist of the argument. * BBC Music Magazine *
This is a lucid and stimulating introduction to a many-sided topic, leavened with amusing anecdotes and occasional donnish humour. * BBC Music Magazine *
ISBN: 9780199298938
Dimensions: 246mm x 189mm x 12mm
Weight: 404g
200 pages