Paper, ‘A curious dissertation concerning the causes of the power and effects of musick’ by Robt [Robert] Hooke
Reference number: CLP/2/31
Date: 1726
Description
Hooke writes of the psychological effects of music, caused by harmony, sound mutation, tempo, and other musical features. This paper is extracted at CLP/2/32.
Subject: Psychology
Communicated by William Derham. Followed by a short note from Derham addressed to Dr [James] Jurin dated at Upminster near Rumford in Essex on 24 January 1726, in which Derham explains that he had recently found this paper by Hooke.
- Reference number
- CLP/2/31
- Earliest possible date
- 1726
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Hooke, Paper, ‘A curious dissertation concerning the causes of the power and effects of musick’ by Robt [Robert] Hooke, 1726, CLP/2/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_2_31/paper-a-curious-dissertation-concerning-the-causes-of-the-power-and-effects-of-musick-by-robt-robert-hooke, accessed on 26 April 2025
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Classified papers: volume 2 concerning 'Surveying, Opticks, Perspective, Sculpture, Painting, Music, Acoustics Mechanicks'
1656-1737 Reference number: CLP/2
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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