Treatise on Universal Harmony
Traite de l'Harmonie Universelle
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
While Marin Mersenne's 'Harmonie Universelle' (1636) is a well-known work, the specific 1636 publication 'Traite de l'Harmonie Universelle' (often referring to the broader treatise or specific sections) has only received partial translations, most notably Roger E. Chapman's 1957 translation of the 'Books on Instruments'. No complete, full-text English translation of the entire 'Traite de l'Harmonie Universelle' exists in academic or commercial catalogs. The Open Library record for 'Marin Mersenne: Traite de l'Harmonie universelle' (1962) by John Bernard Egan is a dissertation, not a published complete translation.
Related translations found:
Harmonie universelle: the books on instruments, trans. Roger E. Chapman (1957) [partial] source
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Natural Philosophy & ScienceClassical PhilosophyMathematics & Sacred NumberMusic, Harmony & ResonanceThe Music of the Spheres
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mathematicsmusicnatural-philosophymusic theorymusic practice
Marin Mersenne transforms music from a simple craft into a rigorous, mathematical science. Readers will discover how the laws of sound connect to the movements of the planets, the proportions of the human body, and the order of the universe.
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