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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Page 56
... Puritan . The early Christian disapproved in principle of all pagan religious prac- tices . The mysteries were utterly condemned , and , with al- most no exception , the musical instruments associated with them . A passage ( attributed ...
... Puritan . The early Christian disapproved in principle of all pagan religious prac- tices . The mysteries were utterly condemned , and , with al- most no exception , the musical instruments associated with them . A passage ( attributed ...
Page 61
... Puritan seems to have had none of the traditional " Puritan " eagerness to argue on this particular Music and Ecstasy : A Religious Controversy 61.
... Puritan seems to have had none of the traditional " Puritan " eagerness to argue on this particular Music and Ecstasy : A Religious Controversy 61.
Page 253
... Puritan . The evidence is that Puritans loved and practiced music as other people did . The difference in their attitude is marked chiefly in their evaluation of musical sound and of its effect on the soul . 43. Thomas Cartwright , A ...
... Puritan . The evidence is that Puritans loved and practiced music as other people did . The difference in their attitude is marked chiefly in their evaluation of musical sound and of its effect on the soul . 43. Thomas Cartwright , A ...
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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