Synopsis
Nicomachus of Gerasa (c. 60 – c. 120 CE) was an important mathematician in the ancient world. His treatise on harmonics exhibits characteristics of the Pythagorean school of music, particularly in Nicomachus’ assignment of number and numerical ratios to notes and intervals, his recognition of the indivisibility of the octave and the whole tone, and his notion that the musical consonances are in either multiple or superparticular ratios.
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From the Publisher
One can see from this book why harmonics was so important to the Greeks: Like modern physics it gave entrance to the mystery of the world's construction and to the intelligence latent therein
About the Author
Flora Levin is an independent scholar of the classical world. She is the author of two monographs on Nicomachus of Gerasa and has contributed to TAPA, Hermes, and The New Grove Dictionary of Music.
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