Observations on the Florid Song (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781512188257)

Observations on the Florid Song is a fascinating classical music history text by Pier Francesco Tosi. The Opinions of the ancient Historians, on the Origin of Music, are various. Pliny believes that Amphion was the Inventor of it; the Grecians maintain, that it was Dionysius; Polybius ascribes it to the Arcadians; Suidas and Boetius give the Glory entirely to Pythagoras; asserting, that from the Sound of three Hammers of different Weights at a Smith's Forge, he found out the Diatonick; after which Timotheus, the Milesian, added the Chromatick, and Olympicus, or Olympus, the Enharmonick Scale.

Author: Pier Francesco Tosi
ISBN-10: 1512188255
ISBN-13: 9781512188257
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2015
Pages: 84
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.17d