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Leonardo da Vinci as a musician / Emanuel Winternitz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1982.Description: xxv, 241 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0300026315
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 780/.92/4 19
LOC classification:
  • ML429.L46 W5 1982
Contents:
Part I : Roots and growth : musical environment, traditions and trends, musical friends, exchange of ideas. Musical life in Florence and Milan ; Gaffurius and Pacioli ; Gusnasco and Migliorotti -- Part II : The performer : improviser, teacher of music, organizer of stage plays and entertainments. The lira da braccio ; The mystery of the skull lyre ; Feste, theater and other entertainments -- Part III : The thinker : scientist, experimenter and pioneer in acoustics, inventor of new and fantastic instruments. Research on acoustics ; New string instruments and the viola organistica ; Melodic and chordal drums, other membranophones, and tunable bells ; Toys and folk instruments ; Wind instruments : the glissando flute, key mechanisms for wind and new bellows ; The paragone : the role of music in the comparison of the arts.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library Music Pocket Library Books & Scores ML429.L46W5 1982 1 Available 33710000158951

Includes indexes.

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Part I : Roots and growth : musical environment, traditions and trends, musical friends, exchange of ideas. Musical life in Florence and Milan ; Gaffurius and Pacioli ; Gusnasco and Migliorotti -- Part II : The performer : improviser, teacher of music, organizer of stage plays and entertainments. The lira da braccio ; The mystery of the skull lyre ; Feste, theater and other entertainments -- Part III : The thinker : scientist, experimenter and pioneer in acoustics, inventor of new and fantastic instruments. Research on acoustics ; New string instruments and the viola organistica ; Melodic and chordal drums, other membranophones, and tunable bells ; Toys and folk instruments ; Wind instruments : the glissando flute, key mechanisms for wind and new bellows ; The paragone : the role of music in the comparison of the arts.