Alexandre Jean Morel, New and Universal Acoustic Principle o - Lot 278

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Alexandre Jean Morel, New and Universal Acoustic Principle o - Lot 278
Alexandre Jean Morel, New and Universal Acoustic Principle of Music Theory, or Music Explained; by Alexandre-Jean Morel, former Brigade Chief at the Ecole Polytechnique, Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Guard Artillery School. In Paris, by Bachelier, 1816. Strong volume in-8 of (4)-VIII-506 pp., blond half-basane, smooth decorated spine (binding of the time). First edition. Alexandre-Jean Morel (1773-1825), a polytechnicien, was passionate about music and studied its theory. Convinced that he was called upon to make a reform in this field, he thought he found in the structure of the ear the principle of the feeling of tonality, and, on this false idea, he established a system which he set out in Principe Acoustique nouveau et universel de la théorie musicale. Fétis VI, 459. Twelve engraved folding scores bound at the end of the work. Ex-libris " Bibliothèque d'Aug.te Sinard à Piolenc ". Rubbed spine.
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