source file: m1391.txt Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 13:30:42 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Helmholtz,On the Sensations of tone. From: Steven Rezsutek Drew Skyfyre writes: > I was on Amazon's web site looking up Helmholtz' On the Sensations > of Tone' ($ 12.76) and found they didn't have much info there about > it.Their page says "Publication date: December 1954".Is there more > than one edition of this book around or is this the same one,@570 > pages,translated,with additions,by Alexander Ellis ? The only one I've seen (and the one I have) is published by Dover. Based on the price you mentioned, I'd guess this is "it", and it does have the additions by Ellis. > Also would this be a "if you can only buy one book,this is it " > category book ? Any other suggestions ? Helmholtz and Partch's "Genesis of a Music" were my main [and only] references until very recently. I'm sure that there's tons of material out there, and those more familiar with it will provide a bibliography, but based on what I have, I'd suggest spending for a stack of Xenharmonicons [my personal collection runs from #6 to the present]. As for "must haves", I'd definately recommend Doty's "The Just Intonation Primer", available from the Just Intonation Network. Steve