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 62
... nature of the soul and the cor- responding nature of what is heard . Every student of Renaissance thought realizes with what diversity of meaning the word " nature " was used . In these discussions of music it meant , first of all , the ...
... nature of the soul and the cor- responding nature of what is heard . Every student of Renaissance thought realizes with what diversity of meaning the word " nature " was used . In these discussions of music it meant , first of all , the ...
Page 63
... nature . There is " a certain sympathie , correspondence , or proportion betwixt our soules and musick , " he wrote , and " no other cause can be yeelded . " He added : Who can give any other reason , why the loadstone draweth yron ...
... nature . There is " a certain sympathie , correspondence , or proportion betwixt our soules and musick , " he wrote , and " no other cause can be yeelded . " He added : Who can give any other reason , why the loadstone draweth yron ...
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... nature " of music : “ The Nature of the thing is always the same ; if it had that Efficacy under the Law , to quicken and excite Mens Affections in Devotion , as ' tis certain it had ... it has not altered its Nature since . " The power ...
... nature " of music : “ The Nature of the thing is always the same ; if it had that Efficacy under the Law , to quicken and excite Mens Affections in Devotion , as ' tis certain it had ... it has not altered its Nature since . " The power ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
Copyright | |
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