Through a close reading of the words of fourteenth-century musicians and theorists, Karen Desmond explores the crucial contributions of mathematician Jean des Murs to the ars nova, the \'new art\' of its time.
This book will appeal to scholars of early music, medieval studies and late medieval intellectual history..
Through a close reading of the words of fourteenth-century musicians and theorists, Karen Desmond explores the crucial contributions of mathematician Jean des Murs to the ars nova, the \'new art\' of its time