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Temperament : how music became a battleground for the great minds of western civilisation

Isacoff, Stuart2002
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For hundreds of years, musicians, craftsmen, church officials, heads of state and philosophers fought against the introduction of equal temperament tuning. Stuart Isacoff recounts the battle that culminated in a victory for piano over harpsichord.
Main title:
Temperament : how music became a battleground for the great minds of western civilisation / Stuart Isacoff.
Author:
Isacoff, Stuart
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2002.
Collation:
259 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-247) and index.
ISBN:
9780571196227 (hbk)
Dewey class:
784.192809
Local class:
784.192809
Language:
English
Subject:
Musical temperament -- HistoryPiano -- HistoryCivilization, MedievalMusic
BRN:
104935
Bookmark link:
https://camden.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=104935

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