The music of the spheres in the Western imagination. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David J. Kendall.
• Authors: Kendall, David J, 1980-
• Contents: Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 – “The Heavens Make a Harmony”: <span style="font-style:italic;">Musica Mundana, <span style="font-style:italic;">Musica Humana, and <span style="font-style:italic;">Musica Instrumentalis in the Ancient and Early Christian World Chapter 2 – “Thy Hearing is Mortal Even as Thy Sight”: Human Perception in the Heavenly Journey of Dante’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Paradiso Chapter Vignette 2.5 – “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 Chapter 3 – “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 Chapter Vignette 3.5 – Powerful Music: Horns, Trumpets, Voices, and Other Magical Instruments in Tolkien and Lewis Chapter 4 – When the Celestial Laws Change Chapter 5 – To Conserve, Exploit, or Embrace?: The Human and the Non-Human in Christian Hymnody Chapter Vignette 5.5 – “Still, It May Be Useful”: The Ring of Sauron and the Value Axis Chapter 6 – <span style="font-style:italic;">Bent Roads and <span style="font-style:italic;">Bent People Chapter 6.5 – Musica Humana and the Limits of Musical Genius Chapter 7 – <span style="font-style:italic;">The Music of the Spheres and the Modern Worship Wars Conclusion – <span style="font-style:italic;">Da Capo Bibliography
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 780.08; Music and literature; Music in literature; Science fiction -- History and criticism; Fantasy fiction -- History and criticism; Church music; Music -- Philosoophy and aesthetics; Harmony of the spheres
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781793650368
• Related ISBNs: 9781793650351
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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