Talk:Schisma

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[edit] Ellis??

Is the introduction of the modern meaning really due to Ellis?

Grove Music Online states in an unsigned article (s.v. schisma):

"In 19th- and 20th-century writings (for instance, P. Lichtenthal’s Dizionario e bibliografia della musica, Milan, 1826) it refers to the difference between the Pythagorean and syntonic commas...."

Ellis would have been about eight years old when Lichtenthal went to press.

Looking at the OED, it appears Ellis may have been merely the first to use the modern meaning in English.

This article also should mention that "schisma" was used before the 19th century to refer to various small intervals, but did not have a standard meaning. (Examples are cited in the Grove article.)

151.198.141.55 (talk) 05:04, 8 January 2008 (UTC)