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The science of harmonics in classical Greece by Barker, Andrew, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Beginnings, and the problem of measurement -- Empirical harmonics before Aristoxenus -- The early empiricists in their cultural and intellectual contexts -- Interlude on Aristotle's account of a science and its methods -- Aristoxenus--the composition of the Elementa harmonica -- Aristoxenus--concepts and methods in Elementa harmonica book 1 -- Elementa harmonica books 2-3 -- Elementa harmonica book 3 and its missing sequel -- Contexts and purposes of Aristoxenus' harmonics -- Pythagorean harmonics in the Fifth Century -- Developments in Pythagorean harmonics -- Plato -- Aristotle on the harmonic sciences -- Systematising mathematical harmonics -- Quantification under attack -- Postscript--the later centuries.…”
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The science of harmonics in classical Greece by Barker, Andrew, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Beginnings, and the problem of measurement -- Empirical harmonics before Aristoxenus -- The early empiricists in their cultural and intellectual contexts -- Interlude on Aristotle's account of a science and its methods -- Aristoxenus--the composition of the Elementa harmonica -- Aristoxenus--concepts and methods in Elementa harmonica book 1 -- Elementa harmonica books 2-3 -- Elementa harmonica book 3 and its missing sequel -- Contexts and purposes of Aristoxenus' harmonics -- Pythagorean harmonics in the Fifth Century -- Developments in Pythagorean harmonics -- Plato -- Aristotle on the harmonic sciences -- Systematising mathematical harmonics -- Quantification under attack -- Postscript--the later centuries.…”
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Sam Myers the blues is my story / by Myers, Sam, 1936-2006

Table of Contents: “…Early years -- Cotton fields, railroads, and sawmills -- Piney Woods -- Going to Chicago -- Chicago and Jackson families -- Elmore James -- Jackson, Mississippi -- Jackson radio and recording -- The blues -- The harmonica -- The Musicians' Union -- The record business -- Stories from the road -- Sam's best friend, Anson Funderburgh.…”
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Sam Myers the blues is my story / by Myers, Sam, 1936-2006

Table of Contents: “…Early years -- Cotton fields, railroads, and sawmills -- Piney Woods -- Going to Chicago -- Chicago and Jackson families -- Elmore James -- Jackson, Mississippi -- Jackson radio and recording -- The blues -- The harmonica -- The Musicians' Union -- The record business -- Stories from the road -- Sam's best friend, Anson Funderburgh.…”
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The Affinities and Medieval Transposition / by Pesce, Dolores

Table of Contents: “…From Hucbald to Guide : origins of the concept. Hucbald's De harmonica institutione ; Musica enchiriadis and Scolica enchiriadis ; Dialogus de musica ; Berno's Prologus in tonarium ; Micrologus and Epistola by Guido of Arezzo -- The eleventh and twelfth-century commentators : transposition and transformation. …”
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The Affinities and Medieval Transposition / by Pesce, Dolores

Table of Contents: “…From Hucbald to Guide : origins of the concept. Hucbald's De harmonica institutione ; Musica enchiriadis and Scolica enchiriadis ; Dialogus de musica ; Berno's Prologus in tonarium ; Micrologus and Epistola by Guido of Arezzo -- The eleventh and twelfth-century commentators : transposition and transformation. …”
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