The Music of the Spheres in the Western Imagination (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2022
Authors:	David J. Kendall
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-1-79365-035-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-79365-035-7
Barcode:	9781793650351

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