Format:
1 Online-Ressource (854 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
Edition:
3rd ed
ISBN:
9780511701801
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Music
Content:
Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–94) was a leading scientist who made important contributions to physiology, psychology, physics, philosophy and early neuroscience. Following his foundational work in ophthalmics during the 1850s, he became Professor of Physiology at Heidelberg and, in 1863, published On the Sensations of Tone. This investigation into the physical theory of music remains a central text for the study of physiological acoustics and aesthetics. In it, Helmholtz applies physics, anatomy and physiology. He explains how tones are built from a base tone with upper partial tones, and his later discussions on consonance and musical scales develop this theory and discuss how the ear perceives these tones. His work on consonance and dissonance was of particular interest to composers and musicologists well into the twentieth century. This English translation, published in 1875 from the third German edition, retains the original's straightforward language, making this classic work accessible to non-specialists
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108001779
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108001779
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511701801
Author information:
Helmholtz, Hermann von 1821-1894
Author information:
Ellis, Alexander John 1814-1890
