The Sounding Algebra: Relations Between Combinatorics and Music from Mersenne to Euler

Eberhard Knobloch

Chapter 2 in Mathematics and Music, 2002, pp 27-48 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The baroque conception of music was based on a rational, mathematical foundation. Musicologists and composers of that period cited again and again the biblical verse that God had ordered (“disposuisti”) the whole world through measure, number, and weight (Wisdom 11, 20). Beauty, harmony consist in order, numbers play a crucial role in this regard.

Keywords: Title Page; Musical Composition; Note Matter; Biblical Verse; Wooden Slat (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-04927-3_2

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