The music of the spheres

Description

This book provides the parallel histories of music and science, from celestial harmony to cosmic dissonance. For centuries, scientists and philosophers believed the universe was a stately, ordered mechanism -- mathematical and musical. The smooth operation of the cosmos created a divine harmony (perfect, spiritual, eternal) which composers sought to capture and express. 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 (if at all) it survives today. From Pythagoras to Newton, Bach to Beethoven, and on into the twentieth century, it is a spellbinding examination of the interwoven fates of science and music throughout history. - Back cover.

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Other Editions

• The music of the spheres: music, science, and the natural order of the universeGrove/Atlantic, Incorporated1993-01-01
• The music of the spheresLittle,Brown1994-01-01
• The Music of the SpheresPaperbackCopernicus, an imprint of Springer Verlag1995-01-01
• The Music of the SpheresPaperbackAbacus1995-02-16