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Music and Mathematics John Fauvel (Formerly of the Open University, UK)

Music and Mathematics By John Fauvel (Formerly of the Open University, UK)

Music and Mathematics by John Fauvel (Formerly of the Open University, UK)


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From Ancient Greek times, music has been seen as a mathematical art, and this relationship has fascinated generations. This new in paperback edition of diverse, comprehensive and fully-illustrated papers, authored by leading scholars, links the two fields in a lucid manner that is suitable for students of each subject as well as the general reader.

Music and Mathematics Summary

Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals by John Fauvel (Formerly of the Open University, UK)

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.

Music and Mathematics Reviews

An attractive volume that covers almost al of the important aspects of the interplay between mathematics and music. * Ehrhard Behrends, The Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol 28, 3 *

Table of Contents

PART I: MUSIC AND MATHEMATICS THROUGH HISTORY; PART II: THE MATHEMATICS OF MUSICAL SOUND; PART III: MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE IN MUSIC; PART IV: THE COMPOSER SPEAKS

Additional information

GOR003695009
9780199298938
0199298939
Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals by John Fauvel (Formerly of the Open University, UK)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
20060706
200
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