The Music Of The Spheres

Author : Jamie James
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1995-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 0387944745

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For centuries, scientists and philosophers believed the universe was a stately; ordered mechanism - mathematical and musical. The smooth operation of the cosmos created a divine harmony (perfect, spiritual, eternal) which composers sought to capture and express. With The Music of the Spheres, readers will see how this scientific philosophy emerged, how it was shattered by changing views of the universe and the rise of Romanticism, and to what extent (if at all) it survives today. From Pythagoras to Newton, Bach to Beethoven, and on into the twentieth century, it is a spellbinding examination of the interwoven fates of science and music throughout history.

Author : Elizabeth Redfern
Publisher : Random House
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448184941

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London, the summer of 1795: a season of revolutionary fervour, scientific discovery and vicious murders. The British government is in disarray, unable to stem the flood of secrets to Paris; betrayals that doom her war efforts to failure. In rural Kensington a group of French emigr-s are pursuing a scientific dream, the discovery of a planet they call Selene. The group has fallen under the spell of a beautiful and amoral woman - Auguste de Montpellier who is at once their muse and dark angel. Meanwhile a killer lurks in the back streets of the capital: the victims are all prostitutes and have been paid in French Louis d'Or, the currency of France's spies. Jonathan Absey is a Home Office clerk whose official task is to smash the French spy ring. Privately however, he has become obsessed with the murders. These interests intersect when he finds himself drawn into the Montpellier circle, yet his pursuit for truth remains obscured through coded letters, opium and conspiracy. Absey must uncover the mystery before the summer dies; an invasion fleet is being prepared to set sail across the channel and the lives of those on board now rest on his discoveries.

Author : Kathi Meyer-Baer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781400872336

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Music of the Spheres and the Dance of Death by Kathi Meyer-Baer Pdf

The roots and evolution of two concepts usually thought to be Western in origin-musica mundana (the music of the spheres) and musica humana (music's relation to the human soul)-are explored. Beginning with a study of the early creeds of the Near East, Professor Meyer-Baer then traces their development in the works of Plato and the Gnostics, and in the art and literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Previous studies of symbolism in music have tended to focus on a single aspect of the problem. In this book the concepts of musica humana and musica mundane are related to philosophy, aesthetics, and the history of religion and are given a rightful place in the history of civilization. Originally published in 1970. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Leonard B. Meyer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 0226521540

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The Spheres of Music by Leonard B. Meyer Pdf

Leonard B. Meyer's writings on the theory, history, perception, and aesthetics of music have inspired and provoked generations of readers. The Spheres of Music makes available a selection of his most important essays (originally published between 1974 and 1998). Gathering them together in one volume not only enables the essays to "converse" with and illuminate each other, but also allows Meyer to revise, recant, and comment on the ideas they present. With the same sensitive insight and searching intelligence he has exhibited throughout his career, Meyer transcends the boundaries that so often separate fields of inquiry. The Spheres of Music joins music theory to history, history to culture, culture to aesthetics, aesthetics to psychology, and psychology back to theory. In so doing, the book highlights the complex interrelationships at the heart of the creation, comprehension, and history of music. Diverse and adventurous, The Spheres of Music presents an intriguing and impressive collection of Meyer's work. "Ever since the publication of his Emotion and Meaning in Music . . . I have considered Leonard B. Meyer one of the keenest thinkers about music among us."—Winthrop Sargeant, The New Yorker

Author : John Trevillion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Waldorf method of education
ISBN : 1888365382

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Author : Hartmut Warm
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781855842359

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Signature of the Celestial Spheres by Hartmut Warm Pdf

Is the solar system ordered? Or is it simply the result of random and chaotic accidents? This book takes the reader on a compelling and powerful journey of discovery, revealing the celestial spheres in their astonishingly complex patterns. Movements of the planets are found to correspond accurately with simple geometric figures and musical intervals, pointing to an exciting new perspective on the ancient idea of the "harmony of the spheres." Hartmut Warm's detailed presentation incorporates the distances, velocities, and periods of conjunction of the planets, as well as the rotations of the Sun, Moon, and Venus. Numerous graphics--including color plates--illustrate the extraordinary beauty of geometrical forms that result when the movements of several planets are viewed in relation to one another. Moreover, the author describes and analyzes concepts of the "music of the spheres," with special emphasis on Kepler's revolutionary ideas. The book also discusses current scientific beliefs about the origin of the universe and the solar system, enabling the reader to understand fully how this remarkable research supplements contemporary materialistic views of the cosmos. The appendix includes his mathematical and astronomical methods of calculation, as well as a detailed discussion of their accuracy and validity based on modern astronomical algorithms.

Author : Guy Murchie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1987-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0844608157

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Author : Johannes Kepler
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Science
ISBN : 0871692090

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The Harmony of the World by Johannes Kepler Pdf

The authors have presented and interpreted Johannes Kepler's Latin text to English readers by putting it into the kind of clear but earnest language they suppose Kepler would have used if he had been writing today.

Author : Joscelyn Godwin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1992-11-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781620550960

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The Harmony of the Spheres by Joscelyn Godwin Pdf

Professor of Music at Colgate University and a widely respected musicologist, Godwin traces the history of the idea, held since ancient times, that the whole cosmos, with its circling planets and stars, is in some way a musical or harmonious entity. The author shows how this concept has continued to inspire philosophers, astronomers, and mystics from antiquity to the present day.

Author : Marc Lachièze-Rey,Jean-Pierre Luminet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001-07-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521800404

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Celestial Treasury by Marc Lachièze-Rey,Jean-Pierre Luminet Pdf

Throughout history, the mysterious dark skies above us have inspired our imaginations in countless ways, influencing our endeavours in science and philosophy, religion, literature and art. Heavenly Treasures is a truly beautiful book showing the richness of astronomical theories and illustrations in Western civilization through the ages, exploring their evolution, and comparing ancient and modern throughout. From Greek verse, mediaeval manuscripts and Victorian poetry to spacecraft photographs and computer-generated star charts, the unprecedented wealth of these portrayals is quite breathtaking.

Author : Matthew Sturges
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Good and evil
ISBN : 1401221769

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Eclipso by Matthew Sturges Pdf

Written by Matthew Sturges Art by Stephen Jorge Segovia, Chad Hardin, Dan Green, Robert Campanella, Walden Wong and Wayne Faucher Cover by Stephen Jorge Segovia Eclipso's back - and this time, the villainous entity has possessed The Atom's murderous ex-wife, Jean Loring. Eclipso's first target: his former host, Dr. Bruce Gordon! Collecting stories from COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY #1-8. Advance-solicited; on sale January 14 - 168 pg, FC, $19.99 US

Author : David J. Kendall
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781793650368

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The Music of the Spheres in the Western Imagination by David J. Kendall Pdf

The Music of the Spheres in the Western Imagination describes various systematic musical ecologies of the cosmos by examining attempts over time to define Western theoretical musical systems, whether practical, human, nonhuman, or celestial. This book focuses on the theoretical, theological, philosophical, physical, and mathematical concepts of a cosmic musical order and how these concepts have changed in order to fit different worldviews through the imaginations of theologians, theorists, and authors of fiction, as well as the practical performance of music. Special attention is given to music theory treatises between the ninth and sixteenth centuries, English-language hymnody from the eighteenth century to the present, polemical works on music and worship from the last hundred years, the Divine Comedy of Dante, nineteenth- and twentieth-century English-language fiction, the fictional works of C. S. Lewis, and the legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien.

Author : A Himalayan Master of Wisdom,Thomas Taylor
Publisher : Philaletheians UK
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Master of Wisdom on the Music of the Spheres by A Himalayan Master of Wisdom,Thomas Taylor Pdf

With Addendum by Thomas Taylor, the English Platonist.

Author : Florence Armstrong Grondal
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066339535053

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The music of the spheres : A nature lover's astronomy by Florence Armstrong Grondal Pdf

"The music of the spheres : A nature lover's astronomy" by Florence Armstrong Grondal. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Mariken Teeuwen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004453449

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Harmony and the Music of the Spheres by Mariken Teeuwen Pdf

In the ninth century, Martianus Capella's De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, a late-antique encyclopedia of ancient learning on the seven Liberal Arts, was read with scrupulous vigour by the intellectual elite. Carolingian scholars produced a wealth of commentaries and glosses, which survived hidden in the margins of a remarkably large number of manuscripts. In the first part of the book, the manuscript tradition of the oldest commentary is taken under scrutiny, and the Carolingian reception of ancient knowledge on the subject of music is opened up and analyzed. Its relevance for the formation of a new, medieval music theory is evaluated. In the second part, the relevant parts of the oldest commentary are edited on the basis of eight ninth-century manuscripts.