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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



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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*Acknowledgments, pg. xiii*List of Illustrations, pg. xv*Abbreviations, pg. xvii*CHAPTER I. THE EARLY YEARS: MUSIC AS DISCIPLINE, pg. 3*CHAPTER II. ACOUSTICS, PHONATION, AND AUDITION: MUSIC AS SOUND, pg. 17*CHAPTER III. MACHINES ET INVENTIONS: MUSIC AS CRAFT, pg. 41*CHAPTER IV. THEORY AND PRACTICE: MUSIC AS SYSTEM, pg. 79*CONCLUSION, pg. 110*Appendices, pg. 113*Bibliography, pg. 123*Index, pg. 141

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 7/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691614700, 978-0691614700
      ISBN10: 0691614709

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*Acknowledgments, pg. xiii*List of Illustrations, pg. xv*Abbreviations, pg. xvii*CHAPTER I. THE EARLY YEARS: MUSIC AS DISCIPLINE, pg. 3*CHAPTER II. ACOUSTICS, PHONATION, AND AUDITION: MUSIC AS SOUND, pg. 17*CHAPTER III. MACHINES ET INVENTIONS: MUSIC AS CRAFT, pg. 41*CHAPTER IV. THEORY AND PRACTICE: MUSIC AS SYSTEM, pg. 79*CONCLUSION, pg. 110*Appendices, pg. 113*Bibliography, pg. 123*Index, pg. 141

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