Galilei, V. (English spelling) GalileiV

Japanese: Galilei，V.（英語表記）GalileiV

…An Italian naturalist and astronomer from the late Renaissance. He made a great contribution to the establishment of the modern quantitative view of nature and is often called the "father of modern science." He was born in Pisa. His father, Vincenzio Galilei (c. 1520-91), was from a modest Florentine noble family and worked as a textile merchant, but he also had a deep knowledge of music and was quite well-known. Galilei initially aspired to be a doctor and entered the University of Pisa in 1581, but he became disillusioned with the scholastic lectures and dropped out midway through. …

From [Well-Tempered Temper]

…However, the first to formulate this theoretically were 16th-century music theorists Giovanni Maria Lanfranco (?-1545) and Francisco de Salinas (1513-90). Later, the theory of 12-tone equal temperament was presented by Vincenzio Galilei (c. 1520-91), who took semitones to be 17:18, and Mersenne, who used geometric calculation methods. On the other hand, 53-part equal temperament, as well as 19-, 31-, and 41-part equal temperament were also devised as purely theoretical values. …

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Japanese:

…ルネサンス末期のイタリアの自然学者，天文学者。近代の数量的な自然観の樹立のために多大の貢献を行い，しばしば〈近代科学の父〉と呼ばれる。ピサで生まれた。父親ビンチェンツィオVincenzio Galilei(1520ころ‐91)は微禄したフィレンツェの貴族出身で，織物商を生業としたが，音楽に造詣が深く，かなり名の知られた人物であった。ガリレイは初め医者を志して，1581年にピサ大学に入ったがスコラ的な講義に幻滅を味わい，中途で退学した。…

【平均律】より

…しかし，これを理論的に最初に定式化したのはランフランコGiovanni Maria Lanfranco(？‐1545)やサリーナスFrancisco de Salinas(1513‐90)らの16世紀の音楽理論家である。その後，半音を17 ： 18にとるガリレイVincenzio Galilei(1520ころ‐91)や，幾何学的算定法を用いたメルセンヌらにおいて12平均律の理論が提示された。一方，純粋に理論値として，53等分平均律をはじめ，19,31,41各等分平均律も考案された。…

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