On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music
by Hermann von Helmholtz
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"In the present work an attempt will be made to connect the boundaries of two sciences, which, although drawn towards each other by many natural affinities, have hitherto remained practically distinct--I mean the boundaries of physical and physiological acoustics on the one side, and of musical science and esthetics on the other. I endeavor to collect and arrange such materials for the theory of the sensations of hearing as already existed. The First Part of the following investigation is essentially physical and physiological. It contains a general investigation of the phenomenon of harmonic upper partial tones. The Second Part treats of the disturbances produced by the simultaneous production of two tones, namely the combinational tones and beats. In these first two Parts of the book, no attention is paid to esthetic considerations. Natural phenomena obeying a blind necessity, are alone treated. The Third Part treats of the construction of musical scales and notes. Here we come at once upon esthetic ground, and the differences of national and individual tastes begin to appear"--Book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
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On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music.
1954, Dover Publications
in English
- 2d English ed., translated, thoroughly rev. and corrected, rendered conformal to the 4th (and last) German ed. of 1877, with numerous additional notes and a new additional appendix bringing down information to 1885, and especially adapted to the use of music students, by Alexander J. Ellis. With a new introd. (1954) by Henry Margenau.
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On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music.
1948, P. Smith
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On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music
1930, Longmans, Green
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On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music.
1912, Longmans, Green
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On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music
1895, Longmans, Green, and Co.
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1895, Longmans, Green, and Co.
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On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music
1885, Longmans, Green
in English and German
- 2nd English ed. / translated, throughly rev. and corrected, rendered conformable to the 4th (and last) German ed. of 1877, with numerous additional notes and a new additional appendix bringing down information to 1885, and especially adapted to the use of music students by Alexander J. Ellis.
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On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music.
1875, Longmans, Green, and Co.
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