Echoes of an invisible world : Marsilio Ficino and Francesco Patrizi on cosmic order and music theory

Echoes of an invisible world : Marsilio Ficino and Francesco Patrizi on cosmic order and music theory / by Jacomien Prins.

In Echoes of an invisible world Jacomien Prins offers an account of the transformation of the notion of Pythagorean world harmony during the Renaissance and the role of the Italian philosophers Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) and Francesco Patrizi (1529-1597) in redefining the relationship between cosmi...

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Main Author: Prins, Jacomien (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; volume 234.
Subjects:
Ficino, Marsilio, > 1433-1499.
Patrizi, Francesco, > 1529-1597.
Ficino, Marsilio, > 1433-1499
Patrizi, Francesco, > 1529-1597
1400-1599
Music theory > History > 15th century.
Music theory > History > 16th century.
Philosophy, Renaissance.
Harmony of the spheres.
Renaissance > Italy.
Humanism > Italy.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
Harmony of the spheres
Humanism
Music theory
Philosophy, Renaissance
Renaissance
Italy
History
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Summary:In Echoes of an invisible world Jacomien Prins offers an account of the transformation of the notion of Pythagorean world harmony during the Renaissance and the role of the Italian philosophers Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) and Francesco Patrizi (1529-1597) in redefining the relationship between cosmic order and music theory.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004281769
9004281762
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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