Download or read book The Harmony of the Spheres written by Joscelyn Godwin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1992-11-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor of Music at Colgate University and a widely respected musicologist, Godwin traces the history of the idea, held since ancient times, that the whole cosmos, with its circling planets and stars, is in some way a musical or harmonious entity. The author shows how this concept has continued to inspire philosophers, astronomers, and mystics from antiquity to the present day.