Commentarius in Claudii Ptolemaei Harmonica:

How do sounds reach the soul? How does the soul judge them? How can the movement of a melody be accounted for? These and others are the questions that Porphyry of Tyre tries to answer in his Commentary on Claudius Ptolemy’s Harmonics. This book collects the vast amount of philological work that has...

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Main Author: Porphyrius (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Greek
Published: Berlin ;Boston De Gruyter [2016]
Series:Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana 2020
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Summary:How do sounds reach the soul? How does the soul judge them? How can the movement of a melody be accounted for? These and others are the questions that Porphyry of Tyre tries to answer in his Commentary on Claudius Ptolemy’s Harmonics. This book collects the vast amount of philological work that has been carried out on this imposing work since Ingemar Düring’s 1932 edition and presents the reader with a reliable and up-to-date text
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Oct. 27, 2016)
Physical Description:1 online resource (369pages)
ISBN:9783110419672
9783110419702
DOI:10.1515/9783110419672

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