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 55
... Renaissance and beyond , ques- tions that plague the modern scholar who attempts to under- stand Renaissance attitudes toward music . The subject was discussed at length by Renaissance Neoplatonists in connec- tion with the causes of ...
... Renaissance and beyond , ques- tions that plague the modern scholar who attempts to under- stand Renaissance attitudes toward music . The subject was discussed at length by Renaissance Neoplatonists in connec- tion with the causes of ...
Page 102
... Renaissance philosopher was not one to let such a miracle go unexplained . " 1 He had at his disposal several explanations of how dead things might be given life by music , but the two most com- mon ones had to do with various kinds of ...
... Renaissance philosopher was not one to let such a miracle go unexplained . " 1 He had at his disposal several explanations of how dead things might be given life by music , but the two most com- mon ones had to do with various kinds of ...
Page 289
... Renaissance , xi , 8 , 35 , 48 , 58 , 102 ff . , and passim . See also Beauty ; Love Newte , John , 71-73 Newton , Isaac , 104 , 140 Pareus , David , 225 Parker , William Riley , 221 ( 6 ) , 226 Partridge , Eric , 256 ( 7 ) Passionate ...
... Renaissance , xi , 8 , 35 , 48 , 58 , 102 ff . , and passim . See also Beauty ; Love Newte , John , 71-73 Newton , Isaac , 104 , 140 Pareus , David , 225 Parker , William Riley , 221 ( 6 ) , 226 Partridge , Eric , 256 ( 7 ) Passionate ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
A Religious Controversy | 47 |
Copyright | |
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