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Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg
Eli Maor
Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg
Eli Maor
How music has influenced mathematics, physics, and astronomy from ancient Greece to the twentieth centuryMusic is filled with mathematical elements, the works of Bach are often said to possess a math-like logic, and Igor Stravinsky said "musical form is close to mathematics," while Arnold Schoenberg, Iannis Xenakis, and Karlheinz Stockhausen we
176 pages, 43 b/w illus.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | May 1, 2018 |
ISBN13 | 9780691176901 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 176 |
Dimensions | 157 × 219 × 20 mm · 362 g |
Language | English |