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Classicising the Unclassical: The Challenge of Music Theory
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Before the rediscovery of the Greek music theorists at the end of the fifteenth century, the authoritative name was that of Boethius, whose De institutione musica ignored the practice of his own …

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Holford-Strevens, Leofranc, “Classicising the Unclassical: The Challenge of Music Theory”, in: Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World, General Editor Craig Kallendorf. Consulted online on 05 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004271296_enlo_B9789004271012_0040>
First published online: 2014
First print edition: ISBN:9789004265721



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