Andreas Werckmeister's Musicalische Paradoxal-Discourse (eBook)

Dietrich Bartel is associate professor of music at Canadian Mennonite University.

Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s ForewordPrefacePart I Introduction to the Musicalische Paradoxal-DiscourseWerckmeister BiographyWerckmeister TreatisesContents and Sources of the Musicalische Paradoxal-Discourse Part IITranslation of the Musicalische Paradoxal-DiscourseTitle page and dedicatory commentsPrefaceIndex and contents of the chaptersChapter 1An introduction to this work: the division of the musical proportionsChapter 2A testimonial through mathematics and Holy Scriptures themselves, that the course of the heavens are harmonicChapter 3How the mortal body and soul are harmonically created, and furthermore, on the influence of the starsChapter 4Why humans find such pleasure in music, and whence composers and musicians ariseChapter 5As the image of God, humans are to praise the Creator with music. Buildings and eras in scripture are also harmonic wonders of spiritual music.Chapter 6On the abuse of music, which the authorities could abolishChapter 7How the inclination of a people determines its attitude towards music, and how the heathens were so scattered in their views on musicChapter 8On the music of the early Christians, and the subsequent changesChapter 9The great difficulties arising out of solmization and the linear staff-systemChapter 10Proof that the linear staff system is accompanied by great difficultiesChapter 11Proof of how everything can be played or sung through the twelve note-namesChapter 12Further proof, that the linear staff system has many more variants than the twelve note-namesChapter 13How the temperaments can be examined, and on German tablatureChapter 14How the chromatic system is to be applied to the tempered keyboardChapter 15On the disorder of hymn singingChapter 16On the simplicity of old organsChapter 17How the musical modes can be differentiatedChapter 18On the nature and property of the harmonic numeralsChapter 19On the hidden meaning of the numeralsChapter 20On the properties of the harmonic numerals, when they themselves are subdividedChapter 21On the subdivision of the harmonic numeralsChapter 22On the properties of the dissonant musical numeralsChapter 23How the harmonic radical numerals are transformed into a tempered tuning, and of their hidden meaningChapter 24A comparison of incorrect tempered tuning with false ChristianityChapter 25How the temperament can be perfect or imperfect, and how the same can be compared with ChristianityChapter 26The Lord’s Prayer in the musical proportional numeralsBibliographyAbout the author