Music, Nature and Divine Knowledge in England, 1650-1750: Between the Rational and the Mystical

Tom Dixon

doi:10.1017/9781800109728

Music, Nature and Divine Knowledge in England, 1650-1750

Between the Rational and the Mystical

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Tom Dixon
Edited by Penelope Gouk, Chloë Dixon, Philippe Sarrasin Robichaud

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: January 2024
Print publication year:: 2023
Online ISBN:: 9781800109728
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781800109728

Series:: Music in Society and Culture
Subjects:: Music, Music: General Interest

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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.

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Music, Nature and Divine Knowledge in England, 1650-1750

Between the Rational and the Mystical

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Illustrations
pp vii-viii

Editors' Foreword
pp ix-xvi

Acknowledgements
pp xvii-xviii

Editorial Conventions
pp xix-xx

Abbreviations
pp xxi-xxii

Introduction
pp 1-18

Part I
pp 19-20

1 - Constructions of Musical Meaning
pp 21-32

2 - Lives
pp 33-48

3 - The Universities
pp 49-80

4 - Urban Cultures
pp 81-110

5 - The Impact of Newton
pp 111-134

Part II
pp 135-136

6 - ‘Divinely Natural Magick’: Enthusiasm and Aesthetics in an Enchanted Universe
pp 137-168

7 - ‘Ancient Harmonies’: Music and the Prisca Theologia
pp 169-198

8 - Druids
pp 199-214

9 - The Genius of Nature
pp 215-248

10 - The Restoration of All Things
pp 249-272

Editors’ Afterword
pp 273-284

Bibliography
pp 285-324

Index
pp 325-342

Music in Society and Culture
pp 343-343

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