The music of the spheres in the Western imagination

Lanham: Lexington Books (2022)
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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.

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ML3849.K47 2022

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9781793650351   1793650357
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