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Author Dixon, Tom

Title Music, nature and divine knowledge in England, 1650-1750 : between the rational and the mystical
Published Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource
Series Music in Society and Culture ; v.11
Music in society and culture.
Contents Front cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Editors' Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Editorial Conventions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1 Constructions of Musical Meaning -- 2 Lives -- 3 The Universities -- 4 Urban Cultures -- 5 The Impact of Newton -- Part II -- 6 'Divinely Natural Magick': Enthusiasm and Aesthetics in an Enchanted Universe -- 7 'Ancient Harmonies': Music and the Prisca Theologia -- 8 Druids -- 9 The Genius of Nature -- 10 The Restoration of All Things -- Editors' Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index -- Music in Society and Culture
Summary During a period of tumultuous change in English political, religious and cultural life, music signified the unspeakable presence of the divine in the world for many
Subject Music -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 17th century
Music -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 18th century
Music -- Social aspects -- England -- History -- 17th century
Music -- Social aspects -- England -- History -- 18th century
Music -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Music -- Social aspects
England
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781800109735
1800109733
9781800109728
1800109725