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Author Isacoff, Stuart.

Title Temperament : the idea that solved music's greatest riddle / Stuart Isacoff.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.

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Location Call No. Status
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  781.91 IS    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 259 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index.
Summary Isacoff explains how the ability to tune a keyboard so that the relationships between tones is consistent expanded the musical universe and made possible the work of Chopin, Lizt and others.
Subject Musical temperament.
Musical intervals and scales.
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
ISBN 0375403558 alkaline paper
9780375403552 alkaline paper
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