musical keys to the interpretation of reality : essays /
by Marius Schneider, Rudolf Haase, Hans Erhard Lauer ; edited with an introduction by Joscelyn Godwin ; translated by Marlon Radkai and Joscelyn Godwin.
[New York] :
Distributed to the book trade in the United States by Harper and Row Publishers,
c1989.
255 p. :
ill. ;
23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Joscelyn Godwin -- Marius Schneider -- The nature of the praise song -- Acoustic symbolism in foreign cultures -- Rudolf Haase -- Harmonics and sacred tradition -- Kepler's world harmony and its significance for today -- The sequel to Kepler's world harmony -- Hans Erhard Lauer -- Mozart and Beethoven in the development of Western culture : a meditation on cultural history for Mozart's 200th birthday -- The evolution of music through changes in tone-systems -- Johannes Kepler -- Mysterium cosmographicum (1596) -- Harmonices mundi (1619), Book V.