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Composing the world : harmony in the Medieval Platonic cosmos /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hicks, Andrew J. (Andrew James), 1978- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Series:Critical conjunctures in music & sound.
Subjects:
Music > Philosophy and aesthetics > History > 500-1400.
Harmony of the spheres.
Music > Philosophy and aesthetics.
Harmonie.
Kosmologie.
Mittelalter.
Musik.
Naturphilosophie.
Platonismus.
Sphärenharmonie.
500-1400
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude : Listening to the universe
  • Part I : The framework
  • Harmonizing the world : natural philosophy and order
  • Knowing the world : music, mathematics, and physics
  • Part II : The particulars
  • Composing the human : harmonies of the microcosm
  • Hearing the world : sonic materialisms
  • Composing the cosmic : harmonies of the macrocosm
  • Postlude : The musical aesthetics of a world so composed.