Metronome - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Matthew H. Birkhold, Ian Bogost (Editor), Christopher Schaberg (Editor)Series:Object LessonsPublish date:11/13/2025Pages:184
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9798765108871UPC:9798765108871Book Category:Literary Criticism, Philosophy, ScienceBook Subcategory:Semiotics & Theory, Aesthetics, TimeSize:6.50 x 4.75 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCCFQGACRE
Metronome
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
When the metronome was invented in 1815, it transformed the music world. Composers and musicians now had a tool that could help them maintain a precise and consistent tempo. And while giants of classical music like Beethoven early embraced the metronome and proponents came to see its...Series: Object Lessons
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9798765108871UPC:9798765108871Book Category:Literary Criticism, Philosophy, ScienceBook Subcategory:Semiotics & Theory, Aesthetics, TimeSize:6.50 x 4.75 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCCFQGACRE
Matthew H. Birkhold is Associate Professor of German at Ohio State University, USA. He is the author of Chasing Icebergs (2023) and Characters before Copyright (2019). His writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, Foreign Affairs, and Atlas Obscura.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Matthew H. Birkhold, Ian Bogost (Editor), Christopher Schaberg (Editor)
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