Excerpt from Geschichte der Europäisch-Abendländischen oder Unsrer Heutigen Musik: Darstellung Ihres Ursprunges, Ihres Wachsthumes und Ihrer Stusenweisen Entwickelung; Von dem Ersten Jahrhundert des Christenthumes bis auf Unsre Zeit; Für Jeden Freund der Tonkunst
Diese sieben Buchstaben setzte S. Gregor an die Stelle der unglaublich schwerfälligeri Benen nungen der altgriechischen 'i'ohreihe, oder an die Stelle jener 17 oder 18 Buchstaben, welche Boethius, der lateinische Commentator der mittlerweile verlernen altgriechischen musikalischen Theoretiker (römischer Consul, enthauptet zu Rom' 1m Jahre nicht m der Absicht, eine neue Tonbenennung einzuführen, sondern um seine Feder und des Lesers Lunge zu schonen, im Texte seines Werkes, statt der, altgriechischen Namen und Zeichen, sich erlaubt hatte. (die Idee S. Gregors war demnach allerdings eine ganz andere und durchaus neue.
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