A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NOTIONS ”CONSONANCE” AND “DISSONANCE”
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NOTIONS ”CONSONANCE” AND “DISSONANCE”
Author(s): Lucia Cristina MăniuţSubject(s): Music
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: consonance; dissonance; historical; mathematical; acoustical; psychological; contextual;
Summary/Abstract: From a historical point of view, the phenomenon called consonance/dissonance has been perceived under three main trends: the first one – mathematical; the second one – acoustical and psychological and the third one – contextual. My research is based on Plato’s thought that consonants are produced by planets as well, in their movement on the orbits, a thought that is to be found in the sxteenth century as well in Zarlino’s Instituzioni harmoniche.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Musica
- Issue Year: 53/2008
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 61-66
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English