THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
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THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERESThe Pythagoreans used music to heal the body and to elevate the soul, yet they believed that earthly music was no more than a faint echo of the universal 'harmony of the spheres'. In ancient cosmology, the planetary spheres ascended from Earth to Heaven like the rungs of a ladder. Each sphere was said to correspond to a different note of a grand musical scale. The particular tones emitted by the planets depended upon the ratios of their respective orbits, just as the tone of a lyre-string depended upon its length. Another type of celestial scale related the planetary tones to their apparent rates of rotation around the Earth. The music of the spheres was never a fixed system of correspondences. Many variant schemes existed because each philosopher would necessarily approach it from a slightly different perspective. The musicologist Joscelyn Godwin comments, "...the celestial harmony of the solar system... is of a scope and harmonic complexity that no single approach can exhaust. The nearest one can come to understanding it as a whole is to consider some great musical work and think of the variety of analytical approaches that could be made to it, none of them embracing anything like the whole Last edited by cousinsoren 10-21-2009 at 11:26:15 PM |
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Re: THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERESWhat do I think, cousin ? I think you must have had a large bowl of philosophical crunchies for dinner tonight... |
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Re: THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERESI don't know of music, but I know of theories that introduce the concept of resonance or 'tones', but have not stated them as being notes |
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Re: Re: THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERESQuote: Originally Posted by gogant What do I think, cousin ? I think you must have had a large bowl of philosophical crunchies for dinner tonight...  , but I'll throw in  I had stew peas ! But the stew wasn't crunchy, and my head was firmly screwed on.... Thanks for introducing me to Marsink's poetry. I haven't even started to read you yet, and you wish to get rid of me .......................lol I plan to esplain , at another time the hypothetical relation between poetry and the musical spheres. Not that many will want to read it, except you, Woredlinger, Masink, Irfish and Stardrift, probably. I SHALL READ MARSINK. THANKS. Last edited by cousinsoren 10-22-2009 at 12:42:12 AM |
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Re: THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERESLmao, Cuz, you hit my favorite nerve, this subject tickles me. |
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Re: THE MUSIC OF THE SPHEREScousinsoren posted: |
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Re: THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERESIt is a well accepted concept in astro physics that space bodies create sound. Think of the sound made by a passing car or train. As it approaches the sound gets louder, once it passes the sound changes frequency and diminishes in volume. Einstein wrote about thuis in one of his theories. What is music other than sound and frequency. Imagine the infinity of objects in space, an indefinate number of sounds and frequencies, notes, musical notes. All you need to do is listen. |
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Re: THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERESI find the notion a wonderful child of Science and Romanticism. I have no philosophic or metaphysic ideas to offer, but I do have a poem entitles "Music of the Spheres", a hymn to the beauty and elegnce of the Cosmos and Creation. |
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Re: Re: THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERESQuote: Originally Posted by WordSlinger Lmao, Cuz, you hit my favorite nerve, this subject tickles me. lol, I study this, it is my back bone of poetry. here is my write on that, and I have one more cooking up. that u will love.. TONAL PAINT What is this I find? A box of twelve jars Colors like gems inside Astromic What will I do with them? With my eyes Finger paint, sounds logic 1. Violet Red is unknown in the dark Jupiter reaches with a pearl, plucks the Gemini bard Sparks phases the stable F# sharp 2. Deep Red moves the curtains to see Saturn reaches with garnet plucks the Capricorn bard Gaze at the steady G 3. Red desires where the action is at Apollo reaches with a ruby plucks the Cancer bard Glimpse the firm A flat 4. Red Orange also wants to play Mercury reaches with a amethyst plucks the Aquarius bard Optic is the sound of A 5. Orange is more short and flat Jupiter reaches with an onyx plucks the Leo bard A spec of balanced B flat 6. Yellow is a bright fellow you see Saturn reaches with a bloodstone plucks the Pisces bard Apparent is the vital B 7. Yellow Green is a dreamer with speed Apollo reaches with a sapphire plucks the Virgo bard An image of the fast C 8. Green is convincing with his harp Mercury reaches with a diamond plucks the Aries bard Leering is the confirmed C# sharp 9. Green Blue like you who whistles melody Jupiter reaches with a opal plucks the Libra bard Viewing is the sound of D 10. Blue plays a big part Saturn reaches with a emerald plucks the Taurus bard Visualizing is the immovable D# sharp 11. Blue Violet favorite of everybody Apollo reaches with a topaz plucks the Scorpio bard Complete is the constant E 12. Violet sits back with clefs Mercury reaches with a turquoise plucks the Sagittarius bard Squinting is the riveted F A notation, my notion A slick little thought Sounds are heard, but they desire to see We face the music Teach to be taught like you and me I think I’ll take this box and painting into town I’ll call it, the personification descending sight to sound From my chapter' Playing With Frost as Well As RIming Around: http://www.originalpoetry.com/playing-with-frost-as-well-as-riming-aro Word, You amaze me more and more. |
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Re: Re: THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERESQuote: Originally Posted by BDIsernhagen I find the notion a wonderful child of Science and Romanticism. I have no philosophic or metaphysic ideas to offer, but I do have a poem entitles "Music of the Spheres", a hymn to the beauty and elegnce of the Cosmos and Creation. WHAT???? A poem entitled "MUSIC OF THE SPHERES" ! I must read it immediately. Read ,Bret, my poem, JUST TO BE POOR AGAIN, and comment. Thanks. |
Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.