Aristoxenus of Tarentum and the Birth of Musicology

This volume studies the theories Aristoxenus applied to the development of music theory in antiquity. He rejected Pythagorean methods of harmonics and instead applied a scientific methodology appropriated from Aristotle.

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Aristoxenus made an enormous contribution to the development of music theory in antiquity. Despite his Pythagorean upbringing, he rejected Pythagorean methods of harmonics which focused on the mathematical significance of musical structures and instead applied a scientific methodology appropriated from Aristotle. This volume studies the theories of Aristoxenus.