Die masstäbliche Darstellung der Tondauer als grundlage octav-analoguer Farbnotation / The Proportionate Representation of the Duration of Notes as the Basis for Octave-Analogous Colour Notation

[Valduz]: Akademische Verlagsanstalt, 1985. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto. Original publisher's dark blue wrappers printed in white. 1f. (recto half-title, verso blank), 1f. (recto title, verso copyright), 5-56 pp. With numerous illustrations, many in color. Parallel text in German and English. Wrappers slightly worn. Revised version of a lecture given by the author on 8 May 1984 at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

A noted German historian, geographer, and economist, "The versatile Peters also worked on improving musical notation and in 1984 presented his new color notation at the Mozarteum in Salzburg (Peters notation). In it he applied the spatial representation of time developed for his "Synchronous Optical World History" to the communication of the duration of the sound. In 1985 he published his theoretical foundation for the new notation ... and a piano primer for the color piano ("For Majenna"). Jürgen Heyn homepage. (Inventory #: 36676)