John Wallis: Writings on Music
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John Wallis: Writings on Music
Wardhaugh, Dr. Benjamin; Owens, Professor Jessie Ann; Cram, Dr. David
Taylor & Francis Ltd
09/2014
254
Dura
Inglês
9780754668701
15 a 20 dias
John Wallis (1616-1703), was one of the foremost British mathematicians of the seventeenth century, and is also remembered for his important writings on grammar and logic. An interest in music theory led him to produce translations into Latin of three ancient Greek texts - those of Ptolemy.
Contents: Introduction; Letters to Henry Oldenburg, May 1664; Letters to Henry Oldenburg, March 1677; 'The harmonics of the ancients compared with today's': appendix to Ptolemy's Harmonics, 1682; Notice of Wallis's edition of Ptolemy's Harmonics in the Philosophical Transactions, January 1683; 'A question in musick', Philosophical Transactions March 1698; A letter to Samuel Pepys, June 1698; Letters to Andrew Fletcher, August 1698; Select Bibliography; Index.
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John Wallis (1616-1703), was one of the foremost British mathematicians of the seventeenth century, and is also remembered for his important writings on grammar and logic. An interest in music theory led him to produce translations into Latin of three ancient Greek texts - those of Ptolemy.
Contents: Introduction; Letters to Henry Oldenburg, May 1664; Letters to Henry Oldenburg, March 1677; 'The harmonics of the ancients compared with today's': appendix to Ptolemy's Harmonics, 1682; Notice of Wallis's edition of Ptolemy's Harmonics in the Philosophical Transactions, January 1683; 'A question in musick', Philosophical Transactions March 1698; A letter to Samuel Pepys, June 1698; Letters to Andrew Fletcher, August 1698; Select Bibliography; Index.
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