Von Kolof, Lorenz Christoph Mizler
(1711–1778)
LORENZ CHRISTOPH MIZLER VON KOLOFVON KOLOF, LORENZ CHRISTOPH MIZLERLORENZ CHRISTOPH MIZLER VON KOLOF [* 1711-† 1778] Drawing from the legacy of Pythagoras and the mediaeval quadrivium, as well as from the work of LEIBNIZ and EULER, Lorenz Christoph Mizler von Kolof developed a mathematical perspective on music and found effective means for its promulgation. Beginning with his master's thesis, Dissertatio, quod musica ars sit pars eruditionis philosophicae (1734), Mizler promoted the notion that…