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 39
... poet described the Creator as the " Author of number , that hath all the world in Harmonie framed , " who as ... poet . The poet was indeed a musician and thought of himself as such . George Puttenham was stating a commonplace when ...
... poet described the Creator as the " Author of number , that hath all the world in Harmonie framed , " who as ... poet . The poet was indeed a musician and thought of himself as such . George Puttenham was stating a commonplace when ...
Page 131
... poet was musician , not only metaphorically but in reality . This relationship , ideal perhaps from the standpoint of the poet , could not continue once a composer as great as Monte- verdi had appeared on the scene . One wonders what ...
... poet was musician , not only metaphorically but in reality . This relationship , ideal perhaps from the standpoint of the poet , could not continue once a composer as great as Monte- verdi had appeared on the scene . One wonders what ...
Page 134
... poet and 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 ...
... poet and 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 ...
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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