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Aristoxenus was born in the 4th cent. B.C., and was a pupil of Aristotle. He marks a turning point in Greek musical theory by being the first to base theory on analysis of musical practice. In his two extant treatises, Elements of Rhythm and Elements of Harmony, he systematized Greek music by clear definitions of terms and orderly arrangement of scales. "The main object of this book is to introduce, to such English readers as may be curious in the matter of music, the writings of the foremost musical theorist of Ancient Greece, and with this object in view I have endeavoured to supply a sound text and a clear translation of his great work, and to illustraste its more obscure passages by citations from other exponents of the same science.-From the preface. The author also draws distinctions between his work and that of Marquard and Westphall, and correcting what he perceives to be errors in the Selden MS. A difficult work to find in any edition
Excerpt from Aristoxenou Harmonika Stoicheia; The Harmonics of Aristoxenus: Edited With Translation Notes, Introduction and Index of Words The main object of this book is to introduce, to such English readers as' may be curious in the matter of music, the writings of the foremost musical theorist of Ancient Greece; and with this object in view I have endeavoured to supply a sound text and a clear translation of his great work, and to illustrate its more obscure passages by citations from other exponents of the same science. But further, since the mind of the modern reader is apt to be beset by prejudices in respect of this subject - some of which arise from his natural but false assumption that all musicmust follow the same laws that govern the only music that he knows, while others are due to the erroneous theories of specialists which have been accepted as certain truths by a public not in possession of the evidence - I have thought it necessary to deal at some length with those prejudices; and this is the chief aim of.the Introduction. 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.
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