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  1. Music of the spheres and the dance of death
    studies in musical iconology
    Published: 1970; © 1970
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781400872336; 1400872332
    Series: Princeton legacy library
    Subjects: Death in music; Music / Philosophy and aesthetics; Music in art; PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics; Death in music; Music in art; Music / Philosophy and aesthetics; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical; MUSIC / Reference; Musik; Ästhetik; Array; Musikinstrument <Motiv>; Kunst; Musik; Musikant <Motiv>; Welt; Tod; Sphärenmusik; Totentanz; Musik <Motiv>; Musikalische Ikonographie; Allegorie
    Other subjects: Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
    Scope: 1 online resource (405 pages), illustrations
    Notes:

    Includes index

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    List of Illustrations; Part One; Part Two

    The roots and evolution of two concepts usually thought to be Western in origin-musica mundana (the music of the spheres) and musica humana (music's relation to the human soul)-are explored. Beginning with a study of the early creeds of the Near East, Professor Meyer-Baer then traces their development in the works of Plato and the Gnostics, and in the art and literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Previous studies of symbolism in music have tended to focus on a single aspect of the problem. In this book the concepts of musica humana and musica mundane are related to philosophy, ae

  2. Music of the spheres and the dance of death
    studies in musical iconology
    Published: 1970; © 1970
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey

    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781400872336; 1400872332
    Series: Princeton legacy library
    Subjects: Death in music; Music / Philosophy and aesthetics; Music in art; PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics; Death in music; Music in art; Music / Philosophy and aesthetics; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical; MUSIC / Reference; Musik; Ästhetik; Array; Musikinstrument <Motiv>; Kunst; Musik; Musikant <Motiv>; Welt; Tod; Sphärenmusik; Totentanz; Musik <Motiv>; Musikalische Ikonographie; Allegorie
    Other subjects: Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
    Scope: 1 online resource (405 pages), illustrations
    Notes:

    Includes index

    Description based on print version record

    List of Illustrations; Part One; Part Two

    The roots and evolution of two concepts usually thought to be Western in origin-musica mundana (the music of the spheres) and musica humana (music's relation to the human soul)-are explored. Beginning with a study of the early creeds of the Near East, Professor Meyer-Baer then traces their development in the works of Plato and the Gnostics, and in the art and literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Previous studies of symbolism in music have tended to focus on a single aspect of the problem. In this book the concepts of musica humana and musica mundane are related to philosophy, ae