Leonhard Euler. Tentamen Novae Theoriae Musicae Ex Certissiis harmoniae Principiis Dilucide Expositae. Auctore ...

Leonard Euler (1707-83), a mathematician of Basel, was the perfecter of integral calculus, the inventor of calculus using sines, and particularly renowned for his study of the science of motion. He was called, around 1727, to the newly established academy at St. Petersburg where he wrote the present offering. This work, produced together with John Bernoulli, presents a new theory of music based upon Pythagorean principles. It tends to give as much emphasis to geometry as to music, but is of great use to composers as well as crafters of musical instruments.

Graesse II, 518.MGG III, 1616. Eitner II, 360. RISM B VI/1, 298. Wolffheim I, 616.