Music in Renaissance Magic
Title | Music in Renaissance Magic PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Tomlinson |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780226807928 |
Magic enjoyed a vigorous revival in sixteenth-century Europe, attaining a prestige lost for over a millennium and becoming, for some, a kind of universal philosophy. Renaissance music also suggested a form of universal knowledge through renewed interest in two ancient themes: the Pythagorean and Platonic "harmony of the celestial spheres" and the legendary effects of the music of bards like Orpheus, Arion, and David. In this climate, Renaissance philosophers drew many new and provocative connections between music and the occult sciences. In Music in Renaissance Magic, Gary Tomlinson describes some of these connections and offers a fresh view of the development of early modern thought in Italy. Raising issues essential to postmodern historiography—issues of cultural distance and our relationship to the others who inhabit our constructions of the past —Tomlinson provides a rich store of ideas for students of early modern culture, for musicologists, and for historians of philosophy, science, and religion. "A scholarly step toward a goal that many composers have aimed for: to rescue the idea of New Age Music—that music can promote spiritual well-being—from the New Ageists who have reduced it to a level of sonic wallpaper."—Kyle Gann, Village Voice "An exemplary piece of musical and intellectual history, of interest to all students of the Renaissance as well as musicologists. . . . The author deserves congratulations for introducing this new approach to the study of Renaissance music."—Peter Burke, NOTES "Gary Tomlinson's Music in Renaissance Magic: Toward a Historiography of Others examines the 'otherness' of magical cosmology. . . . [A] passionate, eloquently melancholy, and important book."—Anne Lake Prescott, Studies in English Literature
Magic and Music
Title | Magic and Music PDF eBook |
Author | Juanita S. Wescott |
Publisher | |
Pages | 145 |
Release | 1983-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780913407004 |
The Magic of Music, Book 1
Title | The Magic of Music, Book 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Dennis Alexander |
Publisher | Alfred Music |
Pages | 28 |
Release | |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9781457413445 |
The exciting pieces in these collections are designed to entertain, reinforce and enhance the important music and technical skills being studied during the early levels. Students will develop their own magical imaginations with the repertoire contained in this series.
What Makes Music?
Title | What Makes Music? PDF eBook |
Author | Betty Ann Schwartz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Birds |
ISBN | 9781581171396 |
A new ribbon appears as Mama Bird teaches Baby Bird each note of the scale.
Canyon of Dreams
Title | Canyon of Dreams PDF eBook |
Author | Harvey Kubernik |
Publisher | Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9781402765896 |
Traces the musical legacy of the California neighborhood, and the artists who lived there
Maka the Magic Music Maker
Title | Maka the Magic Music Maker PDF eBook |
Author | Shannon Scott |
Publisher | Beachhouse Pub Llc |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2012-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781933067490 |
Maka didn't talk much, but he loved to sing. Wherever he went, his beloved 'ukulele was by his side. And whenever he started to play and sing his song, "The Maka Shaka Shuffle," people would stop what they were doing and sing along¿ Point your thumb, now point your pinky. Shake it back and forth and give a little winky. It's the Maka Shaka Shuffle, oh yeah. The Maka Shaka Shuffle, uh huh. One day, a very big and very hungry pua'a entered his village and started chasing all his friends. Shy little Maka did the only thing he knew how and bravely saved his village from destruction. An audio CD with an original song by Domonic Vespoli, "Maka the Music Maker," and a reading by author Shannon Scott is included.
Magic Music from the Telharmonium
Title | Magic Music from the Telharmonium PDF eBook |
Author | Reynold Weidenaar |
Publisher | Reynold Weidenaar |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780810826922 |
A valuable resource for the history of the telharmonium, a 200-ton musical behemoth that was intended to replace orchestral music at the beginning of this century.