Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821–1894)
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Early modern discussion of the principle of extremal action and introducing what are now called Helmholtz operators:
Early discussion of music theory:
Hermann L. F. Helmholtz: Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen als physiologische Grundlage für die Theorie der Musik, Vieweg Braunschweig (1896) [scan, html]
Engl. transl. by Alexander J. Ellis: On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music, Cambridge University (2012) [doi:10.1017/cbo9780511701801]
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