1st Edition

'The Temple of Music' by Robert Fludd

By Peter Hauge Copyright 1991
332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

Robert Fludd (1574-1637) is well known among historians of science and philosophy for his intriguing work, The Metaphysical, Physical and Technical History of both Major and Minor Worlds, in which music plays an important role in his system of neoplatonic correspondences: the harmony of the universe (macrocosm) as well as the harmony of man (microcosm). 'The Temple of Music' (1617-18) is one... Read more
List of Plates, List of Figures and Table, List of Abbreviations, Series Editor’s Preface, Preface, Introduction, The ‘Temple of Music’, The First Book: On the Subject of Music, Endnotes, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Peter Hauge is Senior Researcher in the Danish Centre for Music Publication, The Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark.

A Yankee Book Peddler UK Core Title for 2011 '[An] important book... This scholarly edition of Fludd’s ’Temple’ will provide wider access to an underexplored area of early modern musical thought...' Music and Letters