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Aristoxenus of Tarentum (ărĭstŏk`sənəs, tərĕn`təm), fl. 4th cent. B.C., pupil of Aristotle. He marks a turning point in Greek musical theory by being the first to base theory on analysis of musical practice. In his two extant treatises, Elements of Rhythm and Elements of Harmony, he systematized Greek music by clear definitions of terms and orderly arrangement of scales.
BibliographySee H. S. Macran, The Harmonics of Aristoxenus (1902). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Many writings remained in manuscript during his lifetime: a treatise on counterpoint (edited by Frieder Rempp in 1980) and various discourses on the use of dissonances, the enharmonic genus, the unison, forms of the octave, and the tuning systems of Pythagoras, Aristoxenus, and Ptolemy (edited and translated by Claude V. Nec tamen ca cautela vitare potuit quin aliqui perinde quasi non recte spreti ab eo atque posthabiti offenderentur, quorum unus Aristoxenus fuisse creditur, ur postea scriptis eius deprehensum est. |
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