Aristoxenus
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thumb|200px|A modern imagining of the appearance of Aristoxenus. Aristoxenus of Tarentum (; born 375, fl. 335 BC) was a Greek Peripatetic philosopher, and a pupil of Aristotle. Most of his writings, which dealt with philosophy, ethics and music, have been lost, but one musical treatise, Elements of Harmony (Greek: ; Latin: Elementa harmonica), survives incomplete, as well as some fragments concerning rhythm and meter. The Elements is the chief source of our knowledge of ancient Greek music.
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Aristoxenus was a male Greek mathematician, musicologist, philosopher, and music theorist who lived during the Hellenistic period. Born in Taras, he died in Athens. His dates of birth are recorded as either 360 BCE or 354 BCE, and his death occurred in 300 BCE. He was a student of Xenophilus and Aristotle.
Writing in Ancient Greek, Aristoxenus is associated with several works, including *Aristoxenoy Armonika Stoicheia*, *Elementa harmonica*, and *Aristoxenus of Tarentum : The Pythagorean Precepts : How to Live a Pythagorean Life*. His writings have been described in sources such as the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition, *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, and *Nordisk familjebok*.
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Person · Open Library
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- 360 BCE
- Died
- 300 BCE
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- 19
Top works
- Aristoxenoy Armonika Stoicheia
- Aristoxenus of Tarentum : The Pythagorean Precepts : How to Live a Pythagorean Life
- Aristoxenou Harmonikōn Ta Sōzomena: Die Harmonischen Fragmente Des Aristoxenus (German Edition)
- Elementa harmonica
- Aristoxeni musici antiquiss. Harmonicorum elementorum libri III. Cl. Ptolem©Œi Harmonicorum, seu de musica lib. III. Aristotelis De obiecto auditus fragmentum ex Porphyrii commentariis
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Life
- Overview of his works
- ''Elementa harmonica''
- On rhythmics and metrics
- Other works
- Editions and translations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|200px|A modern imagining of the appearance of Aristoxenus. Aristoxenus of Tarentum (; born 375, fl. 335 BC) was a Greek Peripatetic philosopher, and a pupil of Aristotle. Most of his writings, which dealt with philosophy, ethics and music, have been lost, but one musical treatise, Elements of Harmony (Greek: ; Latin: Elementa harmonica), survives incomplete, as well as some fragments concerning rhythm and meter. The Elements is the chief source of our knowledge of ancient Greek music.
==Life== Aristoxenus was born at Tarentum (in modern-day Apulia, southern Italy) in Magna Graecia, and was the son of a learned musician named Spintharus (otherwise Mnesias). He learned music from his father, and having then been instructed by Lamprus of Erythrae and Xenophilus the Pythagorean, he finally became a pupil of Aristotle, whom he appears to have rivaled in the variety of his studies.
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