TY - BOOK ID - 77902817 TI - Music in the French Royal Academy of Sciences : a study in the evolution of musical thought PY - 1981 SN - 0691642281 1400853540 0691614709 9781400853540 1306989043 9781306989046 9780691091273 0691091277 9780691614700 0691091277 9780691614700 9780691642284 PB - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Music KW - History and criticism. KW - Academie royale des sciences (France) KW - French Royal Academy of Sciences KW - Royal Academy of Sciences (France) KW - Académie royale des sciences de l'Institut de France KW - Institut de France. KW - France. KW - Koninglijke Academie der Weetenschappen (France) KW - Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Paris KW - History. KW - Académie royale des sciences (France) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77902817 AB - This book describes a colorful period in French social and cultural history, during which music and science combined to provide the intellectual and aesthetic spirit of the Age of Enlightenment with an enormous vitality. Investigating the place assigned to music in France's preeminent scientific institution, the Paris Academy, the author shows the role played by the scientific movement in the evolution of musical thought prior to the Revolution.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ER -