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245 14 a| The discovery of musical equal temperament in China and Europe in the sixteenth century /c| Gene Jinsiong Cho.;

300 a| xxii, 331 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| Studies in the history and interpretation of music ;v| v. 93;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-327) and index.;

505 0 a| Preface / Dai Nianzu -- pt. 1. Music and cosmology in ancient civilizations -- Music and man -- Knowledge and learning in early civilization -- The rise of the caste of Lunarians -- Numerology and geometria (Gematria) -- The quadrivium and scholasticism -- pt. 2. The meeting of the eastern and western minds -- From empiricism to experimentatio -- The wise men from the west -- The saga of Matteo Ricci and the early Jesuits in China -- pt. 3. The quest, the east and the west -- Chinese experiments -- Western experiments -- The reception of theory of equal temperament -- A coalescence of eastern and western minds, and the question of the transmission of Zhu's theory -- Postscript: the cosmology and ecumenism of equal temperament -- Chronological listing of Zhu Zaiyu's published works -- Chronology of notable scientific and cultural events in Europe and China from 1500 to 1610, principally as related to the present study -- Selected authors and treatises in alphabetical order, with Chinese ideogram.;

520 a| The author provides little-known mathematical, musicological and scientific facts regarding the discovery of musical equal temperament, and narrates the circumstances of the discovery in the historical and cultural contexts of the 16th and 17th centuries, in both China and Europe.;

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The discovery of musical equal temperament in China and Europe in the sixteenth century / Gene Jinsiong Cho.

Author/creator	Cho, Gene J.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2003.
Description	xxii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Zhu, Zaiyu, 1536-1611--Contributions in music theory. Stevin, Simon, 1548-1620--Contributions in music theory. Zhu, Zaiyu--Contributions in music theory. Stevin, Simon--Contributions in music theory. Musical temperament--China. --History. Musical temperament--Europe. --History. Music theory--China. --History. --16th century. Music theory--Europe. --History. --16th century.

Series	Studies in the history and interpretation of music ; v. 93 Studies in the history and interpretation of music ; v. 93. ^A231525
Contents	Preface / Dai Nianzu -- pt. 1. Music and cosmology in ancient civilizations -- Music and man -- Knowledge and learning in early civilization -- The rise of the caste of Lunarians -- Numerology and geometria (Gematria) -- The quadrivium and scholasticism -- pt. 2. The meeting of the eastern and western minds -- From empiricism to experimentatio -- The wise men from the west -- The saga of Matteo Ricci and the early Jesuits in China -- pt. 3. The quest, the east and the west -- Chinese experiments -- Western experiments -- The reception of theory of equal temperament -- A coalescence of eastern and western minds, and the question of the transmission of Zhu's theory -- Postscript: the cosmology and ecumenism of equal temperament -- Chronological listing of Zhu Zaiyu's published works -- Chronology of notable scientific and cultural events in Europe and China from 1500 to 1610, principally as related to the present study -- Selected authors and treatises in alphabetical order, with Chinese ideogram.
Abstract	The author provides little-known mathematical, musicological and scientific facts regarding the discovery of musical equal temperament, and narrates the circumstances of the discovery in the historical and cultural contexts of the 16th and 17th centuries, in both China and Europe.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-327) and index.
LCCN	2002037890
ISBN	0773469419

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