Mesopotamian and Greek music
A comparative and complementary perspective on the Babylonian algebraic logic and music in CBS 10996 and CBS 1766. Principles and rules in an ordered system
Cicero’s Somnium Scipionis, Legal methodology, Mesopotamian and Greek music, Neo-Babylonian algebraic logic, Neo-Babylonian music, Pythagoras and BabylonBy: VERONICA DERIU, DIEGO SERRA – This comparative study gives ancillary elements supporting the leading theories on Babylonian music, showing the relationship between the numerical series and several resulting geometrical figures, which logically precede the writing of the tablet(s) and were probably part of the musician’s analysis and reasoning as “implied elements” of the same…