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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... musical instrument of God . " 10 Having postulated a macrocosmic instrument , a world- lyre , modeled on the instruments he knew , the philosopher then saw everything in the universe as exhibiting similar musical characteristics . Man's ...
... musical instrument of God . " 10 Having postulated a macrocosmic instrument , a world- lyre , modeled on the instruments he knew , the philosopher then saw everything in the universe as exhibiting similar musical characteristics . Man's ...
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... musical sounds . " 15 To see musical instruments in trees and beasts , however , needed no philosophy . The earliest drums and horns were less man - made than provided by nature ; the pipe , the " vocall " reed , simply grew ; a stiff ...
... musical sounds . " 15 To see musical instruments in trees and beasts , however , needed no philosophy . The earliest drums and horns were less man - made than provided by nature ; the pipe , the " vocall " reed , simply grew ; a stiff ...
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... musical instruments . " Witness the decachord of the Ten Commandments , ” cried the Roman statesman - monastic , Cassiodorus , in defense of music.19 The instruments of the Old Testament stood also for the parts of man's body , for the ...
... musical instruments . " Witness the decachord of the Ten Commandments , ” cried the Roman statesman - monastic , Cassiodorus , in defense of music.19 The instruments of the Old Testament stood also for the parts of man's body , for the ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
A Religious Controversy | 47 |
Copyright | |
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Musical Backgrounds for English Literature: 1580-1650 (Classic Reprint) Gretchen Ludke Finney No preview available - 2018 |
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