Dialogue on Ancient and Modern Music
Download or Read eBook Dialogue on Ancient and Modern Music PDF written by Vincenzo Galilei and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Vincenzo Galilei |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 464 |
| Release | : 2003-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0300090455 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780300090451 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Dialogue on Ancient and Modern Music by : Vincenzo Galilei
Book excerpt: Vincenzo Galilei, the father of the astronomer Galileo, was a guiding light of the Florentine Camerata. His Dialogue on Ancient and Modern Music, published in 1581 or 1582 and now translated into English for the first time, was among the most influential music treatises of his era. Galilei is best known for his rejection of modern polyphonic music in favor of Greek monophonic song. The treatise sheds new light on his importance, both as a musician who advocated a new philosophy of music history and theory based on an objective search for the truth, and as an experimental scientist who was one of the founders of modern acoustics.
