Music and Measurement: On the Eidetic Principles of Harmony and Motion
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One of the four quadrivia is music. But what exactly is music? Mathematics? Physics? Measurement theory (metrology)? What we call "music theory" today? The following thought-provoking paper grapples with these questions:
Music and Measurement:
On the Eidetic Principles of Harmony and Motion (PDF)
Released into the public domain:
The Feast of St. Cecilia
November 22, 2016 -
@winglet: You would like Pesic's Music and the Making of Modern Science, too.
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A MUST READ! Thank you for posting!
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