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Meaning of "music of the spheres" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MUSIC OF THE SPHERES

music of the spheres play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUSIC OF THE SPHERES

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Music of the spheres is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MUSIC OF THE SPHERES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

music of the spheres

Musica universalis

Musica universalis or Harmony of the Spheres is an ancient philosophical concept that regards proportions in the movements of celestial bodies—the Sun, Moon, and planets—as a form of musica. This 'music' is not usually thought to be literally audible, but a harmonic and/or mathematical and/or religious concept. The idea continued to appeal to thinkers about music until the end of the Renaissance, influencing scholars of many kinds, including humanists.

Definition of music of the spheres in the English dictionary

The definition of music of the spheres in the dictionary is the celestial music supposed by Pythagoras to be produced by the regular movements of the stars and planets.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES

music
music box
music case
music centre
music critic
music director
music drama
music festival
music hall
music lover
music paper
music roll
music stand
music stool
music theatre
music to one´s ears
music video
musical
musical box
musical chairs

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES

acres
anywheres
Buenos Aires
Ceres
features
Flores
haeres
heres
housewares
measures
Menderes
Mieres
Peres
pictures
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scores
Shemini Atseres
stores
teres
Xeres

Synonyms and antonyms of music of the spheres in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «music of the spheres» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUSIC OF THE SPHERES

Find out the translation of music of the spheres to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of music of the spheres from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «music of the spheres» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

天体的音乐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

música de las esferas
570 millions of speakers

English

music of the spheres
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्षेत्रों के संगीत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموسيقى من المجالات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

музыка сфер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

música das esferas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গোলকের সঙ্গীত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

musique des sphères
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Muzik sfera
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Musik der Sphären
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

天球の音楽
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구체의 음악
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Musik saka lingkungan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

âm nhạc của các lĩnh vực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கோளங்களின் இசை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्षेत्रातील संगीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küreler müziği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

musica delle sfere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

muzyka sfer
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

музика сфер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

muzică a sferelor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μουσική των σφαιρών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

musiek van die sfere
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

musik av sfärer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

musikk av kuler
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of music of the spheres

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUSIC OF THE SPHERES»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUSIC OF THE SPHERES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about music of the spheres

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUSIC OF THE SPHERES»

Discover the use of music of the spheres in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to music of the spheres and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Music of the Spheres: Music, Science, and the N
Jamie James allows readers to see how this scientific philosophy emerged, how it was shattered by changing views of the universe and the rise of Romanticism, and to what extent it survives today - if at all.
Jamie James, 1995
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The Music Of The Spheres
London, the summer of 1795: a season of revolutionary fervour, scientific discovery and vicious murders.
Elizabeth Redfern, 2013
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Celestial Treasury: From the Music of the Spheres to the .
A breathtaking survey of the richness of astronomical theories and illustrations through the ages.
Marc Lachièze-Rey, Jean-Pierre Luminet, 2001
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Harmony and the Music of the Spheres: The Ars Musica in ..
The wealth of glosses that survive in Carolingian manuscripts testify to this. This book analyzes the reception of ancient knowledge on music, and weighs its relevance for medieval music theory.
Mariken Teeuwen, 2002
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Signature of the Celestial Spheres: Discovering Order in the ...
Is the solar system ordered, or is it simply the result of random and chaotic accidents? This book takes the reader on a journey of discovery, revealing the celestial spheres' complex patterns.
Hartmut Warm, 2010
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The Harmony of the World
The authors have presented and interpreted Johannes Kepler's Latin text to English readers by putting it into the kind of clear but earnest language they suppose Kepler would have used if he had been writing today.
Johannes Kepler, E. J. Aiton, Alistair Matheson Duncan, 1997
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A Milton Encyclopedia
But from his early works through the long epics, Milton consistently equates motion, harmony, cosmic order, and divine love with the music of the spheres. His poem SolMus contains, perhaps, the most perfect statement of this. Only in SA is  ...
William Bridges Hunter, 1983
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Shakespeare Survey: Volume 54, Shakespeare and Religions
6 1 Kathi Meyer-Baer, Music of the Spheres and the Dance of Death: Studies in Musical Iconology (Princeton, 1970), PP- 35-41, 57-64. 127, 138-42, 206-7; Jamie James, The Music of the Spheres: Music, Science, and the Natural Order of the ...
Peter Holland, 2001
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The Encyclopedia of Angels
Ficino himself composed astrological music, which has not survived, based on the essential congruity between the music of the spheres, the music of the human organism, and ordinary music making, emphasizing the sympathetic relationship  ...
Rosemary Guiley, 2004
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The Harmony of the Spheres: The Pythagorean Tradition in Music
Butitcannot go without mentioning that elsewhere in the treatise Boethius has given the definitive classification of music into three parts: Musica mundana or music of the spheres; Musica humana or music of the human body and soul; Musica ...
Joscelyn Godwin, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUSIC OF THE SPHERES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term music of the spheres is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rockin' the Halls
It has been my fortune to know truly great men and hear the music of the spheres. May we all meet again at the end of the trail.” — Excerpted ... «Memphis Flyer, Jul 15»
2
NASA's Pluto Probe Mission Success-The Ghanaian Connection
He called it 'music of the spheres or planets'. We need to ask NASA whether their New Horizons spacecraft recorded the various sounds of the ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
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What might Pluto sound like? Our musical love affair with the cosmos
An inaudible expression of mathematics via harmony, the Music of the Spheres was thought to determine the celestial dance moves of the ... «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
4
Seekers and Guides: The Purpose of Your Altar Pentacle
... Thelemic and Wiccan cosmology,) the tetractys (which strongly influences the Kaballah and Enochian magic,) and the music of the spheres ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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Space cadets are being heard
One high-profile councillor, who once managed a now-bankrupt ensemble called Music of the Spheres, said both sides in the labour dispute ... «London Free Press, Jul 15»
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Johnny says noise pollution has moved out of the backseat
Along with the celestial music of the spheres comes a cacophony of resonance that seems to gyrate from all quarters — from the calm confines ... «Beckley Register-Herald, Jul 15»
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The Pentaquark Subatomic Particle Discovered
... they release subatomic quarks and bosons and all sorts of other micro-level magical music of the spheres. The dividing line between matter ... «I4U News, Jul 15»
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Eight days: The best entertainment in Sydney from July 12 to July 19
... Australia's best young instrumentalists will show off their skills as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows perform at Music of the Spheres. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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It's Going to Be A Bumpy Night
... things which can seem to be so simple, yet in our hearts we feel their life-giving power. The music of the heart is the music of the spheres. «Falls Church News Press, Jul 15»
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Why aging baby boomers can learn a few things from these pianists
... when a composer incontinent with youth takes a crowbar to tradition, becomes music of the spheres which runs like water, tumbles like rock, ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Music of the spheres [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/music-of-the-spheres>. Apr 2024 ».
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