We bring into full light some excerpts on musical subjects which were until now scattered throughout the most famous scientific texts. The main scientific and musical cultures outside of Europe are also taken into consideration. The first and most important property to underline in the scientific texts examined here is the language they are written in. This means that our multicultural history of the sciences necessarily also becomes a review of the various dominant languages used in the different historical contexts. In this volume, the history of the development of the sciences is told as it happened in real contexts, not in an alienated ideal world.
Author(s): Tito M. Tonietti (auth.)
Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies 47
Edition: 1
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 593
Tags: Mathematics, general; Mathematics in Music; History of Mathematical Sciences; Music; Linguistics (general)
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction to Volume II....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Not Only in Latin, but also in Dutch, Chinese, Italian and German....Pages 5-106
Beyond Latin, French, English and German: The Invention of Symbolism....Pages 107-225
Between Latin, French, English and German: The Language of Transcendence....Pages 227-325
Between Latin and French....Pages 327-430
From French to German....Pages 431-508
Front Matter....Pages 509-509
In the Language of the Venusians....Pages 511-525
Come on, Apophis....Pages 527-533
Back Matter....Pages 535-593
