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20%OFFGary Tomlinson - Music in Renaissance Magic - 9780226807928 - V9780226807928
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Music in Renaissance Magic

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Description for Music in Renaissance Magic Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 2 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; AV; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX2; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Magic enjoyed a vigorous revival in sixteenth-century Europe, attaining a prestige lost for over a millennium and becoming, for some, a kind of universal philosophy. Renaissance music also suggested a form of universal knowledge through renewed interest in two ancient themes: the Pythagorean and Platonic "harmony of the celestial spheres" and the legendary effects of the music of bards like Orpheus, Arion, and David. In this climate, Renaissance philosophers drew many new and provocative connections between music and the occult sciences. In Music in Renaissance Magic, Gary Tomlinson describes some of these connections and offers a fresh view of the ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226807928
SKU
V9780226807928
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