About Lemme Rossi
Lived 1602 – 1673 (aged 70–71). Lemme Rossi was a musicologist, music theorist and mathematician.
Lemme Rossi (died 1673) was an Italian music theorist. He was the first to publish a discussion of 31 equal temperament, the division of the octave into 31 equal parts, in his Sistema musico, ouero Musica speculativa doue SI spiegano i più celebri sistemi di tutti i tre generi of 1666. This slightly predates the publication of the same idea by the scientist Christiaan Huygens.
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Who was Lemme Rossi?
Italian music theorist
When was Lemme Rossi born?
Lemme Rossi was born in 1602 in Perugia.
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Lemme Rossi died on 2 May 1673 in Perugia.
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Lemme Rossi was a musicologist, music theorist and mathematician.
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