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Author:   Kathi Meyer-Baer
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   1307
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9780691647807

ISBN 10:   0691647801
Pages:   406
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

"*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Photographic Sources, pg. xi*Contents, pg. xiii*List of Illustrations, pg. xvii*Introduction to Part One, pg. 2*I. Theories of the Cosmos in Antiquity, pg. 7*II. The Hellenistic Period, pg. 20*III. The Early Christian Centuries, pg. 29*IV. The Early Works of Art, pg. 42*V. Tonal Theories of Music of the Spheres, pg. 70*VI. The Emergence of Celestial Musicians in Christian Iconography, pg. 87*VII. Late Medieval Writings and Dante's Paradise, pg. 116*DANCING ANGELS AND THE DANCE OF THE BLESSED, pg. 130*SINGING ANGELS, pg. 138*ANGEL ORCHESTRAS, pg. 143*ANGELS OF THE PSALTER, pg. 173*ANGELS' INSTRUMENTS - REAL OR IMAGINARY?, pg. 183*IX. Renaissance and Humanism, pg. 188*X. Two Offshoots of the Idea of the Music of the Spheres, pg. 203*Introduction to Part Two, pg. 218*XI. Music as a Symbol of Death in Antiquity, pg. 224*XII. Later Greek Concepts and the Hellenistic Period, pg. 242*XIII. The Christian Era the Development of Early Medieval Images, pg. 270*XIV. Later Medieval Images: The Dance of Death, pg. 291*XV. The Fifteenth-Century Mystics, pg. 313*XVI. Survivals of Earlier Images, pg. 320*Conclusion: Survivals in Contemporary Musical Concepts, pg. 337*Appendix I. EXCERPTS FROM FIRST CHAPTER OF LETTER ON HARMONY ADDRESSED TO ARCHBISHOP RATHBOD OF TREVES BY REGINO OF PRUM, pg. 349*Appendix II. EXCERPTS FROM THE HYMN ""NATURALIS CONCORDIA VOCUM CUM PLANETIS"" (""NATURAL HARMONY OF THE TONK AND THE PLANETS""), pg. 351*Appendix III. THE MUSIC IN DANTE'S COSMOS, pg. 352*Appendix IV. A NOTE ON THE SINGERS OF THE GHENT ALTAR, pg. 357*Appendix V. REAL OR IMAGINARY INSTRUMENTS: AN EXAMINATION OF THE BEATUS MANUSCRIPTS AND THE UTRECHT PSALTER, pg. 360*Index, pg. 365"

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