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Music Theory and Natural Order from the Renaissance to the Early Twentieth Century (Volume 0) - Softcover

 
9780521023924: Music Theory and Natural Order from the Renaissance to the Early Twentieth Century (Volume 0)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521023920 ISBN 13: 9780521023924
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Music theorists of almost all ages employ a concept of "Nature" to justify observations or statements about music. The understanding of what "Nature" is, however, is subject to cultural and historical differences. In tracing these explanatory strategies and their changes in music theories between c. 1600 and 1900, these essays explore (for the first time in a book-length study) how the multifarious conceptions of nature, located variously between scientific reason and divine power, are brought to bear on music theory and how they affect our understanding of music.

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Review

"...the variety and high-quality of the nine articles in this volume are impressive indeed...The excellent essays which form this volume, although focused specifically on music and music theory, are case studies of the universal tendency to substantiate ideology by means of appeals to "nature" and "natural order" and, as such, are certainly of general interest." Renaissance Quarterly

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521023920
ISBN 13 
9780521023924
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
256
Editor
Clark Suzannah, Rehding Alexander