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Tuning the World

The Rise of 440 Hertz in Music, Science, and Politics, 1859–1955

By: Fanny Gribenski

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Tuning the World

The Rise of 440 Hertz in Music, Science, and Politics, 1859–1955

By: Fanny Gribenski

Tuning the World tells the unknown story of how the musical pitch A 440 became the global norm. Now commonly accepted as the point of reference for musicians in the Western world, A 440 hertz only became the standard pitch during an international conference held in 1939. The adoption of this norm was the result of decades of negotiations between countries, involving a diverse group of performers, composers, diplomats, physicists, and sound engineers. Although there is widespread awareness of the variability of musical pitches over time, as attested by the use of lower frequencies to perform early music repertoires, no study has fully explained the invention of our current concert pitch. In this book, Fanny Gribenski draws on a rich variety of previously unexplored archival sources and a unique combination of musicological perspectives, transnational history, and science studies to tell the unknown story of how A 440 became the global norm. Tuning the World demonstrates the aesthetic, scientific, industrial, and political contingencies underlying the construction of one of the most “natural” objects of contemporary musical performance and shows how this century-old effort was ultimately determined by the influence of a few powerful nations.

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Tuning the World

The Rise of 440 Hertz in Music, Science, and Politics, 1859–1955

By: Fanny Gribenski

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The Rise of 440 Hertz in Music, Science, and Politics, 1859–1955

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LIFE & BEAUTIES OF FANNY FERN

By: Fanny 1811-1872 Fern

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LIFE & BEAUTIES OF FANNY FERN

By: Fanny 1811-1872 Fern

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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350

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Wentworth Press

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1360531807

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MEMOIRS OF FANNY NEWELL

By: Fanny 1793-1824 Newell

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By: Fanny 1793-1824 Newell

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1374434140

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