A perfectly harmonious music, inaudible on the earth, thought by Pythagoras and later classical and medieval philosophers to be produced by the movement of celestial bodies.~Dictonary.com
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The heavenly motions... are
nothing but a continuous song
for several voices,
perceived not by the ear
but by the intellect,
a figured music which sets landmarks
in the immeasurable flow of time.
Johannes Kepler
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THE THEORY
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The Harmony of the World
(Harmonice mundi)
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As great Pythagoras of yore,
Standing beside the blacksmith's door,
And hearing the hammers as they smote
The anvils with a different note,
Stole from the varying tones that hung
Vibrant on every iron tongue,
The secret of the sounding wire,
And formed the seven-chorded lyre.
Longfellow
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Her voice, the music of the spheres,
So loud, it deafens mortals' ears;
As wise philosophers have thought,
And that's the cause we hear it not.
Samuel Butler
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Bulfinch's Mythology
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GEOMETRY IN ART
art album
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The Astronomer
Jan Vermeer
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"Ring out, ye crystal spheres!
Once bless our human ears
(If ye have power to charm our senses so);
And let your silver chime
Move in melodious time;
And let the bass of Heaven's deep organ blow;
And with your ninefold harmony
Make up full concert to the angelic symphony."
Milton
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There is geometry in the humming of the strings
... there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
Pythagoras.
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Pythagoras: Music and Space
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Johannes Kepler
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A Chorus beyond the Stars
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Harmony of the Spheres
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----for there is music
wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion;
and thus far we may maintain
the music of the spheres-----
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