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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... completely understood or appreciated . The metaphysical notions involved drew largely upon the theory , attributed to Pythagoras , of a universal harmony or proportion of which sensuously perceived music is but one manifestation . Stars ...
... completely understood or appreciated . The metaphysical notions involved drew largely upon the theory , attributed to Pythagoras , of a universal harmony or proportion of which sensuously perceived music is but one manifestation . Stars ...
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... completely harmonious . " How doth Musicke amaze us , " exclaimed Henry Peacham , " when ... of discords she maketh the sweetest Harmony ? " " What then were the essential characteristics of this order in diversity , in music and hence ...
... completely harmonious . " How doth Musicke amaze us , " exclaimed Henry Peacham , " when ... of discords she maketh the sweetest Harmony ? " " What then were the essential characteristics of this order in diversity , in music and hence ...
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... completely to liberate him , any more than the attendant Spirit is able , unaided , to free the Lady . Adonis is , after that , changed into a bird , although he can still say , as did the Lady , Thou canst not touch the freedom of my ...
... completely to liberate him , any more than the attendant Spirit is able , unaided , to free the Lady . Adonis is , after that , changed into a bird , although he can still say , as did the Lady , Thou canst not touch the freedom of my ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
A Religious Controversy | 47 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Musical Backgrounds for English Literature: 1580-1650 |
| Author | Gretchen Ludke Finney |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 Jul 2008 |
| Length | 292 pages |
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