Musical Backgrounds for English Literature: 1580-1650Rutgers University Press, 1962 - 292 pages The author traces the history of metaphysical ideas about music and explores the place of these in the poetry of Milton. |
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... Concord , and Concord is all the World over fixt according to the same invariable measure and propor- tion . " >> 5 The philosopher could admire this basic harmony in any music , be it " popular " music or that heard in church . " Even ...
... Concord , and Concord is all the World over fixt according to the same invariable measure and propor- tion . " >> 5 The philosopher could admire this basic harmony in any music , be it " popular " music or that heard in church . " Even ...
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... concord more sweet . Francis Bacon , who was unwilling to " presume by the contemplation of nature to attain to the mysteries of God , " still saw in music illustration of the value of discord in the life of man . " A science be ...
... concord more sweet . Francis Bacon , who was unwilling to " presume by the contemplation of nature to attain to the mysteries of God , " still saw in music illustration of the value of discord in the life of man . " A science be ...
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... concord ( like earthly concord , but much purer ) , which is both love and music . He imagined the " Saintly shout " of seraphim , angels of love . But the intellect went beyond the image to the idea of the love of God and the inaudible ...
... concord ( like earthly concord , but much purer ) , which is both love and music . He imagined the " Saintly shout " of seraphim , angels of love . But the intellect went beyond the image to the idea of the love of God and the inaudible ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
A Religious Controversy | 47 |
Copyright | |
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