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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... musician who plays upon body . If the soul is a har- mony of the elements of the body , argued the Pythagorean philosopher , Simmias , in Plato's Phaedo , then " it is clear that when the body is too much relaxed or is too tightly ...
... musician who plays upon body . If the soul is a har- mony of the elements of the body , argued the Pythagorean philosopher , Simmias , in Plato's Phaedo , then " it is clear that when the body is too much relaxed or is too tightly ...
Page 129
... musician must judge by the ear as well as by reason , he wrote . " The only interval with a determinate ratio was the octave ; the others were subject to endless variety . " While Galilei thus widened the emotional spectrum available to ...
... musician must judge by the ear as well as by reason , he wrote . " The only interval with a determinate ratio was the octave ; the others were subject to endless variety . " While Galilei thus widened the emotional spectrum available to ...
Page 134
... musician to insupportable restric- tions . Notes were bound to a temporal matching of words , words to classical rhythms . Imitation of ancient lyric forms was not a satisfactory solution for Elizabethan poets moti- vated by desire for ...
... musician to insupportable restric- tions . Notes were bound to a temporal matching of words , words to classical rhythms . Imitation of ancient lyric forms was not a satisfactory solution for Elizabethan poets moti- vated by desire for ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
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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