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Music of the Spheres : Music, Science, and the Natural Order of the Universe by Jamie James (1995, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSpringer New York
ISBN-100387944745
ISBN-139780387944746
eBay Product ID (ePID)1017241
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXviii, 264 Pages
Publication NameMusic of the Spheres : Music, Science, and The Natural Order of the Universe
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhilosophy & Social Aspects, General, Cosmology
Publication Year1995
TypeTextbook
AuthorJamie James
Subject AreaMusic, Science
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight31.7 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-000200
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"Wide ranging and elegantly written. By the end of it you can almost hear the cosmic music yourself." Wall St. Journal "A provocative, engaging reassessment of the Western musical tradition and its relation to science." Publishers Weekly "...a graceful and entertaining account of matters seldom presented to the general reader." The New Yorker
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal780/.05
Synopsis"(James) relishes the sheer quirkiness of intellectual history, rescuing some of the battier beliefs of scientists and composers from the revisionism of textbook biographies and producing a graceful and entertaining account of matters seldom presented to the general reader."-THE NEW YORKER "A provocative, engaging reassessment of the Western musical tradition and its relation to science." -PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, The parallel histories of music and science - from celestial harmony to cosmic dissonance. For centuries, scientists and philosophers believed that the universe was a stately, ordered mechanism, mathematical and musical. The perceived distances between objects in the sky mirrored (and were mirrored by) the spaces between notes that formed chords and scales. The smooth operation of the cosmos created a divine harmony that composers sought to capture. With The Music of the Spheres , readers will see how this scientific philosophy emerged, how it was shattered by changing views of the universe and the rise of Romanticism, and to what extent it survives today. From Pythagoras to Newton, Bach to Beethoven, and on into the twentieth century of Einstein, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Cage, and Glass, this is a spellbinding examination of the interwoven fates of science and music throughout history.
LC Classification NumberM1-5000
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