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The music of the spheres in the Western imagination / David J. Kendall.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3849 .K47 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kendall, David J., 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music and literature.
- Music in literature.
- Science fiction--History and criticism.
- Science fiction.
- Fantasy fiction--History and criticism.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Church music.
- Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Music.
- Harmony of the spheres.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- x, 249 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
- 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.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. "The Heavens Make a Harmony": Musica Mundana, Musica Humana, and Musica Instrumentalis in the Ancient and Early Christian World
- 2. "Thy Hearing is Mortal Even as Thy Sight": Human Perception in the Heavenly Journey of Dante's Paradiso
- 2.5. "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
- 3. "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
- 3.5. Powerful Music: Horns, Trumpets, Voices, and Other Magical Instruments in Tolkien and Lewis
- 4. When the Celestial Laws Change
- 5. To Conserve, Exploit, or Embrace?: The Human and the Non-Human in Christian Hymnody
- 5.5. "Still, It May Be Useful": The Ring of Sauron and the Value Axis
- 6. Bent Roads and Bent People
- 6.5. Musica Humana and the Limits of Musical Genius
- 7. The Music of the Spheres and the Modern Worship Wars.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kendall, David J., 1980- Music of the spheres in the Western imagination
- ISBN:
- 9781793650351
- 1793650357
- OCLC:
- 1338303321
- Publisher Number:
- 99992502829
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