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 13
... breath of God , for God " formed man of dust of the ground , and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; and man became a living soul . " " Thou art ... my pipe by reason of the breath of the Spirit ... a beautiful , breathing ...
... breath of God , for God " formed man of dust of the ground , and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; and man became a living soul . " " Thou art ... my pipe by reason of the breath of the Spirit ... a beautiful , breathing ...
Page 106
... breath of a musically pro- portioned universe , is musical . Conversely , music , because it images cosmic music , possesses or is spirit . The matter of song , writes Walker in summary of Ficino's De vita , " is ' warm air , even breathing ...
... breath of a musically pro- portioned universe , is musical . Conversely , music , because it images cosmic music , possesses or is spirit . The matter of song , writes Walker in summary of Ficino's De vita , " is ' warm air , even breathing ...
Page 120
... breath , there is an issue of spirits : Sound is a breath , voyce is a sound and animate breath ; Speech is a breath pronounced with sound , and a voyce signifying something ; the spirit of which proceedeth out of the mouth with sound ...
... breath , there is an issue of spirits : Sound is a breath , voyce is a sound and animate breath ; Speech is a breath pronounced with sound , and a voyce signifying something ; the spirit of which proceedeth out of the mouth with sound ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
Copyright | |
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