Music 1649A/B Lecture Notes - Diophantine Equation, Quadrivium
8 Feb 2013
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The transmission of the classical legacy/music as a liberal art. Queen philosophy presiding over the seven liberal arts in the centre. Music (harmonies) numerical relationship with time example: octaves, frequency rates one octave vibrates twice as much as the lower octave. All have in common a preoccupation with numbers. Early 6th century de institutione musica. Most exalted to least exalted: musica mundana music of the spheres. Structure of the elements: musica humana music of the mind-body relationship, musica instrumentalis actual sounding of music that instruments would play. No interest in musica instrumentalis, solely for the insights into the higher music and cosmos.
