What vibrates is the anvil: Analysis of "Nicom. Harm." VI, pp. 245.18-248.26.
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Nicomachus of Gerasa, Pythagoras, ancient greek music, pythagoreanism and neopythagoreanism, pythagorean legend.
Abstract
The fi rst and the most ancient complete version of the legend of pythagorean hammers was written by Nicomachus of Gerasa, a neopythagorean musician and mathematician. The different numerical proportions which delimit the musical intervals are described in this passage. It allows to analize the style and the content of this chapter: the style, because it is different with regard to the other chapters of the manual on account of its didactic purpose; and the content because, in the description of the pythagorean experiment with hammers and the weights hanging in the extremes of the strings, conclusions not precise for tension or for percussion are sensed.Downloads
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2012-06-26
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Garrido Domené F. (2012). What vibrates is the anvil: Analysis of "Nicom. Harm." VI, pp. 245.18-248.26. Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios griegos e indoeuropeos, 22, 127-140. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CFCG.2012.v22.39067
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