Sauveur, Joseph
(1653–1716)
JOSEPH SAUVEURSAUVEUR, JOSEPHJOSEPH SAUVEUR [* 1653-† 1716] To Joseph Sauveur music was a component of a broader science pertaining to sound. He dubbed it »acoustique.« Whereas music was limited to agreeable aural stimulations, acoustics covered the entire realm of sonic possibilities. Sauveur's perspective was already developed in his manuscript »Traité de la théorie de la musique« (1697), while his central points were worked out in detail during the following two decades and presented with…