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Essay Archive - Pythagorean Philosophy and its influence on Musical Instrumentation and Composition
Pythagorean Philosophy and its influence on Musical Instrumentation and
Composition
"Music is the harmonization of opposites, the unification of
disparate things, and the conciliation of warring elements... Music is the
basis of agreement among things in nature and of the best government in the
universe. As a rule it assumes the guise of harmony in the universe, of
lawful government in a state, and of a sensible way of life in the home.
It brings together and unites." - The Pythagoreans
Every school student will recognize his name as the originator of
that theorem w....
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