Marin Mersenne and the Study of Harmony: From Sound to Music

Marin Mersenne and the Study of Harmony delves into the central role of music among the early modern sciences by focusing on the work of the French polymath Marin Mersenne (1588-1648).

Leendert van der Miesen is a musicologist and historian, with a focus on the connections between music, science, and sound in the early modern period. He has held fellowships at the Collaborative Research Center 980 in Berlin, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, and Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institute for Art History.