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9780387944746

The Music of the Spheres

by James, Jamie
  • ISBN13:

    9780387944746

  • ISBN10:

    0387944745

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-09-01
  • Publisher: Copernicus Books
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Summary

For centuries, scientists and philosophers believed that the Universe was a stately, ordered mechanism, mathematical and musical. The perceived distances between objects in the sky mirrored (and were mirrored by) the spaces between notes that formed chordes and scales. The smooth operation of the cosmos created a divine harmony (perfect, spiritual, eternal) that 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.

Author Biography

Jamie James is the New York music critic for the London Times.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrationsp. xi
Prefacep. xiii
The Great Themep. 3
Pythagoras, the Masterp. 20
Plato and the World Soulp. 41
"The Key to the Universe"p. 60
The Renaissance Musicip. 79
The Music of the Spheres and the Birth of the Operap. 98
The Hermetic Traditionp. 114
Kepler Pythagorizesp. 140
Newton and The Magic Flutep. 159
The Romantic Anomalyp. 180
Schoenberg and the Revival of the Great Themep. 212
Into the Futurep. 229
Bibliographyp. 243
Indexp. 249
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