00000nam a22000008i 4500 UP-1685523046126127470 Buklod 20230522150428.0 a r |||| u| ta 230519s2022 mdua b 001 0 eng 2022037026 9781793650351 (cloth) 9781793650351 22735600 DLC eng rda DLC DMUS DMUS eng pcc ML 3849 K46 2022 Kendall, David J. 1980- author. The music of the spheres in the Western imagination David J. Kendall. 2211 Lanham Lexington Books 2022. pages cm text txt rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "The Heavens Make a Harmony" : Musica Mundana, Musica Humana, and Musica Instrumentalis in the Ancient and Early Christian World -- "Thy Hearing is Mortal Even as Thy Sight" : Human Perception in the Heavenly Journey of Dante's Paradiso -- "I Noticed That the Grass Did Not Bend Under Their Feet" : Solid People, Ghosts, and the Sense of Touch in a Heavenly Journey of C.S. Lewis -- "Behold Your Music!" : Music as a Force of Creation, Destruction, and Re-Creation in the Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis -- Powerful Music : Horns, Trumpets, Voices, and Other Magical Instruments in Tolkien and Lewis -- When the Celestial Laws Change -- To Conserve, Exploit, or Embrace? : The Human and the Non-Human in Christian Hymnody -- "Still, It May Be Useful" : The Ring of Sauron and the Value Axis -- Bent Roads and Bent People -- Musica Humana and the Limits of Musical Genius -- The Music of the Spheres and the Modern Worship Wars -- Conclusion. Da Capo. "This book describes various Western musical ecologies of the cosmos developed from the ancient world to the present, ecologies that seek to define the creation and preservation of the universe through musical principles. The author explores centuries of musical treatises, hymns, and Western fiction"-- Provided by publisher. Church music. Harmony of the spheres. Music and literature. Music in literature. Fantasy fiction History and criticism. Music Philosophy and aesthetics. Science fiction History and criticism. Online version Kendall, David J., 1980- Music of the spheres in the Western imagination Lanham : Lexington Books, 2022 9781793650368 (DLC) 2022037027. FO UPD DMUS ML 3849 K46 2022 Book