The Harmony of the Spheres
by Joscelyn Godwin
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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.Tags
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Joscelyn Godwin is Professor of Music at Colgate University. He has written many books on music, mysticism, and Western esoteric traditions.
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Harmony of the Spheres
- Original publication date
- 1993
- People/Characters
- Plato, ca. 428-347 BC; Pliny, 23-79; Nicomachus of Gerasa; Theon of Smyrna; Ptolemy; Censorinus (show all 52); The Hymns of Orpheus; Athanasius, c. 296-373; Aristides Quintilianus; Calcidius; Macrobius; Proclus; Boethius; Hunayn; Aurellian of Reome; John Scottus Eriugena; Regino of Prum; The Ikhwan Al-Safa (Brethern of Purity0 | Brethern of Purity0); Al-Hassan Al-Katib; Anonymous of the Twelth Century; Issac Ben Abraham Ibn Latif; Jaques De Liege; Ugolino of Orvieto; Giorgio Anselmi; Isaac Ben Haim; Marsilio Ficino; Ramis De Pareja; Pico Della Mirandola; Franchino Gafordi; Francesco Giorgi; Heinrich Glarean; Gioseffo Zarlino; Jean Bodin; Johannes Kepler; Robert Fludd; Marin Mersenne; Athanasius Kircher; Angelo Berardi; Andreas Werckmeister; Isaac Newton; Jean-Philippe Rameau; Giuseppe Tartini; Louis Claude de Saint-Martin; Johann Friedrich Hugo von Dalberg; Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860; Fabre d'Olivet; Alphonse Toussenel; Peter Singer; Albert von Thimus; Isaac Rice; Saint-Yves d'Alveydre; Azbel
- Important places
- Near East; Middle East; Europe; United Kingdom; Ireland
- First words
- Although Plato wrote his dialogue TIMAEUS some thirty years later than THE REPUBLIC, the conversation it records is supposed to have taken place the following day.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The coincidences with the harmonic series are too obvious ignore, and the grand chord that emerges is a symbol of the intelligent harmonythat regulates Azbel's universe, as does Plato's, Kepler's, and perhaps our own.
Classifications
- Genres
- Music, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 780.1 — Arts & recreation Music Music Philosophy and theory, analytical guides, program notes
- LCC
- ML3800 .H27 — Music Literature on music Literature on music Philosophical and societal aspects of music. Physics General works
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- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 1
