Music and the Power of Sound
The Influence of Tuning and Interval on Consciousness
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
8 January 1995
Summary
Music has always been esteemed for its power to speak directly to our higher consciousness, a power founded in the purity of simple harmonic ratios. In this book, Alain Danielou traces the development of musical scales and tuning from their origins in both China and India, through their merging in ancient Greece, and on to the development of the Western traditions of modal and polyphonic music. Understanding these potent harmonic relationships offers a way for today’s musicians to transcend t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780892813360 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0892813369 |
| Author: | Alain Danielou |
| Publisher: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Imprint: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 8 January 1995 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm x 20mm |
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“With his fierce, global intelligence, Alain Danielou was the first to wake up the West to the universality of musical harmony and its potential for planetary consciousness.”
“With his fierce, global intelligence, Alain Danielou was the first to wake up the West to the universality of musical harmony and its potential for planetary consciousness.” * W.A. Mathieu, author of The Listening Book and The Musical Life *“Our debt to his scholarship and humanity is immeasurable.” * The Times Literary Supplement *
About The Author
Alain Danielou
Alain Daniélou (1907-1994) was without question a Renaissance man. Following his early years as an artist, dancer, and musician in Paris (Cocteau, Diaghilev, and Stravinsky were among his friends), Daniélou settled in India, where he spent fifteen years in the study of Sanskrit, philosophy, and music. After numerous university appointments in India, he returned in 1963 to Europe, establishing the Institute of Comparative Music Studies in Berlin for the reevaluation of Asian music. Daniélou wrote more than thirty books about the philosophy, religion, history, and arts of India, including Gods of Love and Ecstasy; Myths and Gods of India; Virtue, Success, Pleasure, and Liberation; While the Gods Play; The Phallus; and The Complete Kama Sutra.
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