Many thanks to you too. Wonderful resource this list! Monica
> On 05 February 2020 at 10:21 Azalais <azal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There is a ref here: http://moliere.huma-num.fr/base.php?Chromatique > > And with different spelling of the text here: > ( apres auoir remarqué que le genre Chromatic a peut estre esté > appellé de ce nom, parce que les Grecs l'escriuoient auec des caracteres > rouges, ou dautre couleur, car chroma signifie couleur) > http://www.chmtl.indiana.edu/tfm/17th/MERHU2_5_TEXT.html > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 5:02 AM Monica Hall < > mjlh...@mail.cs.dartmouth.edu mailto:mjlh...@mail.cs.dartmouth.edu > wrote: > > ?space?-- I just wondered whether any kind soul familiar with > Mersenne's monumental work could Identify which Book/Chapter/page number in Harmonie universelle. the following quote appears. "Il faut remarquer que le genre chromatique de musique a pris son nom des couleurs , car chroma signifie couleur." Presumably there is a chapter about genres somewhere in the book. I haven't been able to access a free copy on line and don't really want to make a trip to the library just to check out one reference. Thank you Monica To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
