Music in the French Royal Academy of Sciences
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Music in the French Royal Academy of Sciences

A Study in the Evolution of Musical Thought

  1. 178 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Music in the French Royal Academy of Sciences

A Study in the Evolution of Musical Thought

About this book

This book describes a colorful period in French social and cultural history, during which music and science combined to provide the intellectual and aesthetic spirit of the Age of Enlightenment with an enormous vitality. Investigating the place assigned to music in France's preeminent scientific institution, the Paris Academy, the author shows the role played by the scientific movement in the evolution of musical thought prior to the Revolution.

Originally published in 1982.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Abbreviations
  7. Chapter I. The Early Years: Music as Discipline
  8. Chapter II. Acoustics, Phonation, and Audition: Music as Sound
  9. Chapter III. Machines et Inventions: Music as Craft
  10. Chapter IV. Theory and Practice: Music as System
  11. Conclusion
  12. Appendix I. Presentations by Joseph Sauveur on Music and Acoustics
  13. Appendix II. Proposals in Music Assigned to Committee Review, 1704-1792
  14. Appendix III. Musical Instruments at the Paris Academy, a Checklist of Proposals, 1678-1792
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index