Musical Pitch and the Measurement of Intervals Among the Ancient Greeks (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Musical Pitch and the Measurement of Intervals Among the Ancient Greeks (Classic Reprint) written by Charles William Leverett Johnson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Musical Pitch and the Measurement of Intervals Among the Ancient Greeks Tive matter, but actual plans of temples, dwelllngs, and soforth. In proportlon as these plans were perfect, we should be ln a pos1tlon at any moment to construct more or less accu rate representatlons of these ancient buildlngs or even to make a 11fe-smze restoration. In such a case an01ent arch1 tecture would be ln a cond1tion, so far as our appreclatlon of 1t ls concerned, analogous to that ln wh1ch anclent mus1c now flnds itself. We have admlrable theoretlcal treatlses and we have also a few 1ncomplete plans and speclflcatlons; for what 1s a mu31cal score but a draw1ng or a ground plan of the mu81cal structure? To reproduce 1t, all that IS needed 1s a knowledge of the symbols employed ln the speclflcatlons and the means to interpret them accordlng to the conventlons there used. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.