Von Oettingen, Arthur Joachim
(1836–1920)
ARTHUR JOACHIM VON OETTINGENVON OETTINGEN, ARTHUR JOACHIMARTHUR JOACHIM VON OETTINGEN [* 1836-† 1920] The unrelentingly empirical perspective of HELMHOLTZ fostered the belief that the minor mode was an altered form of major—that only the latter was inherent in the overtone series and that it therefore served as the foundation for both modal possibilities. Within three years of HELMHOLTZ's Lehre von den Tonempfindung, Arthur Joachim von Oettingen published his first monograph espousing a…