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The music of the spheres in the Western imagination
Title
The music of the spheres in the Western imagination / David J. Kendall.
ISBN
9781793650351
1793650357
9781793650368
Publication
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
Physical Description
x, 249 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Summary
"This book describes various Western musical ecologies of the cosmos developed from the ancient world to the present, ecologies that seek to define the creation and preservation of the universe through musical principles. The author explores centuries of musical treatises, hymns, and Western fiction"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Kendall, David J., 1980- Music of the spheres in the Western imagination Lanham : Lexington Books, 2022
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 27, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"The Heavens Make a Harmony" : Musica Mundana, Musica Humana, and Musica Instrumentalis in the Ancient and Early Christian World
"Thy Hearing is Mortal Even as Thy Sight" : Human Perception in the Heavenly Journey of Dante's Paradiso
"I Noticed That the Grass Did Not Bend Under Their Feet" : Solid People, Ghosts, and the Sense of Touch in a Heavenly Journey of C.S. Lewis
"Behold Your Music!" : Music as a Force of Creation, Destruction, and Re-Creation in the Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis
Powerful Music : Horns, Trumpets, Voices, and Other Magical Instruments in Tolkien and Lewis
When the Celestial Laws Change
To Conserve, Exploit, or Embrace? : The Human and the Non-Human in Christian Hymnody
"Still, It May Be Useful" : The Ring of Sauron and the Value Axis
Bent Roads and Bent People
Musica Humana and the Limits of Musical Genius
The Music of the Spheres and the Modern Worship Wars
Conclusion. Da Capo.
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