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 72
... effects , he said , are the result of the " Extra- ordinary concerns of God " : I confess , if God please to make use of this kind of Musick as an Instrument to produce some great , and notable effects , it shall be attended with ...
... effects , he said , are the result of the " Extra- ordinary concerns of God " : I confess , if God please to make use of this kind of Musick as an Instrument to produce some great , and notable effects , it shall be attended with ...
Page 155
... effect . The as- sumption established by Ficino , that music , by motion of the air , moves the spirits , that , as Scaliger added , it rouses emo- tions independently of the hearing process , the idea that its effects are accomplished ...
... effect . The as- sumption established by Ficino , that music , by motion of the air , moves the spirits , that , as Scaliger added , it rouses emo- tions independently of the hearing process , the idea that its effects are accomplished ...
Page 155
... effect . The as- sumption established by Ficino , that music , by motion of the air , moves the spirits , that , as Scaliger added , it rouses emo- tions independently of the hearing process , the idea that its effects are accomplished ...
... effect . The as- sumption established by Ficino , that music , by motion of the air , moves the spirits , that , as Scaliger added , it rouses emo- tions independently of the hearing process , the idea that its effects are accomplished ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
Copyright | |
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