Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- 1 String versus Wind Instruments: The Ancient Tradition of the Musical Cosmos
- 2 The Harmony of the Divine Christian Order
- 3 The Harmony of Earthly Rule: Erasmus of Rotterdam and Jean Bodin
- 4 Emblematic Literature and the Ideal Ruler
- 5 Musical Emblems of the State in Seventeenth-Century Spain: Amphion, Timotheus Milesius, Marsyas and the Sirens
- 6 The Celestial Lyre: Royal Virtues and Harmonious Rule
- 7 Cosmic Harmony, Royal Wisdom and Eloquence
- 8 The Death of the Monarch and the Discord of the Elements
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
List of Figures
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- 1 String versus Wind Instruments: The Ancient Tradition of the Musical Cosmos
- 2 The Harmony of the Divine Christian Order
- 3 The Harmony of Earthly Rule: Erasmus of Rotterdam and Jean Bodin
- 4 Emblematic Literature and the Ideal Ruler
- 5 Musical Emblems of the State in Seventeenth-Century Spain: Amphion, Timotheus Milesius, Marsyas and the Sirens
- 6 The Celestial Lyre: Royal Virtues and Harmonious Rule
- 7 Cosmic Harmony, Royal Wisdom and Eloquence
- 8 The Death of the Monarch and the Discord of the Elements
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
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- Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014