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 37
... wrote , and from there proceed to heavenly harmony or that of " our Spirituall part . " " William Ingpen , in an ardent restatement of the Occult Philosophy of Agrippa , considered skill in the art of numbering essential to all ...
... wrote , and from there proceed to heavenly harmony or that of " our Spirituall part . " " William Ingpen , in an ardent restatement of the Occult Philosophy of Agrippa , considered skill in the art of numbering essential to all ...
Page 84
... wrote that through love , “ the creator and preserver of all natural things , " everything is given orderliness , and " the attractiveness of this Orderliness is Beauty . " " In his initial statement he included music . “ This charm is ...
... wrote that through love , “ the creator and preserver of all natural things , " everything is given orderliness , and " the attractiveness of this Orderliness is Beauty . " " In his initial statement he included music . “ This charm is ...
Page 142
... wrote Aristotle , are made up of “ matter ” and " form " or " quality . " By sense perception man receives form without matter ; what is heard as sound is abstracted from the substance or medium of sound , which is air , air that has ...
... wrote Aristotle , are made up of “ matter ” and " form " or " quality . " By sense perception man receives form without matter ; what is heard as sound is abstracted from the substance or medium of sound , which is air , air that has ...
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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