# Tuning and Temperament: A Historical Survey: Book

- **Brand:** Alfred Music
- **Price:** $15.95
- **Catalog:** alfred
- **Retailer:** alfred
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- **GTIN:** 9780486434063
- **Availability:** In stock

## Summary

Tuning and Temperament: A Historical Survey by J. Murray Barbour, a scholarly book exploring the history of musical tuning and mathematical compromises in composition.

## Description

"An important and long-needed book written by the man best qualified."--The Musical Quarterly. The difficulties of tuning (attaining the perfect scale) and temperament (the necessary mathematical compromises for composition) have challenged musicians from the earliest civilizations onward. This guide surveys these longstanding problems, devoting a chapter to each principal theory and offering a running account of the complete history of tuning and temperament. Its value as a reference is enhanced by a glossary and index. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Michigan State College Press, East Lansing, Michigan, 1953.

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## Additional Attributes

- **handle:** tuning-and-temperament-a-historical-survey-06-434060
- **weight:** 0.147
- **barcode:** 9780486434063
- **created at:** 2025-12-20T15:40:12-08:00
- **updated at:** 2026-07-03T14:59:11-07:00
- **variant sku:** 06-434060
- **weight unit:** lb
- **product type:** Shipped
- **published at:** 2026-06-29T20:40:37-07:00
- **published scope:** global
- **requires shipping:** true
- **inventory management:** shopify

## Enrichment

- **Type:** book
- **Type Synonyms:** hardcover, paperback, publication
- **Tags:** music theory, historical survey, educational, non-fiction
- **Styles:** academic
- **Category Path:** Media > Books > Print Books
- **Genre:** History, Music
- **Language version:** ENG- English
- **Canonical Brand:** Alfred Music

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