Serre, Jean-Adam
(1704–1788)
JEAN-ADAM SERRESERRE, JEAN-ADAMJEAN-ADAM SERRE [* 1704-† 1788] When the Swiss scientist Jean-Adam Serre arrived in Paris in 1751, he confronted a major musical controversy arising from Charles-Henri de Blainville's »Essay sur un troisième mode,« which had been delivered to the Académie for a response (favorable, as it happens). Blainville was proposing that a third mode be established, beginning on mi. Serre opposed this idea and wrote two critical pieces for the Mercure de France (1751 and…