Thus, over the course of the seventeenth century, there occurred a complete transformation in almost every aspect of theory: by the 1720s, many of the principle

The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory is the first comprehensive history of Western music theory to be published in the English language. A collaborativ

This collection brings together an anthology of articles by Thomas Christensen, one of the leading historians of music theory active today. Published over the s

Between the waning of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Enlightenment, many fundamental aspects of human behaviour - from expressions of gender to the ex

Music theory of almost all ages has relied on nature in its attempts to explain music. The understanding of what 'nature' is, however, is subject to cultural an