Edith Borroff Boeken

In addition to practical arithmetic functions for numbers, ancient peoples also developed esthetic concepts pertaining particularly to the numbers two, three, four, and seven. These concepts were also philosophical, and terms from them are part of our vocabulary (The "dead center," "going off the deep end," etc.) Though we no longer know where they came from. The ideas seem to have been universal: I personally witnessed evidence for this in Africa, Australia, America, and Norway.

Music in Prespective is a basic introductory text that focuses on musical styles and structures. It is designed for college students who are taking music as an elective subject; it pre-supposes a lively curiosity but it does not assume prior study in music. Emphasis throughout the book is on aural perception. Musical concerts are explained in terms of what inexperienced listeners can hear fairly easily, and notation has been omitted as unnecessary to this approach.