TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cohen,Albert
TI  - Music in the French Royal Academy of Sciences: A Study in the Evolution of Musical Thought 
T2  - Princeton Legacy Library
SN  - 9780691614700
AV  - ML270.8.P22 
U1  - 781/.09/032 22
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Music
KW  - France
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; List of Illustrations --; Abbreviations --; CHAPTER I. THE EARLY YEARS: MUSIC AS DISCIPLINE --; CHAPTER II. ACOUSTICS, PHONATION, AND AUDITION: MUSIC AS SOUND --; CHAPTER III. MACHINES ET INVENTIONS: MUSIC AS CRAFT --; CHAPTER IV. THEORY AND PRACTICE: MUSIC AS SYSTEM --; CONCLUSION --; Appendices --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
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