Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
(1646–1716)
GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZLEIBNIZ, GOTTFRIED WILHELMGOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ [* 1646-† 1716] Though more influential in the realms of mathematics and philosophy, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz maintained a sincere interest in the theory of music, revealed principally in his correspondence with Christoph Goldbach and Conrad Henfling. Not surprisingly, the issue of consonance was of particular concern to the father of differential calculus. Leibniz maintained that the aesthetic appreciation fostered…