Article ID: CBB423317851

Harmonikale Kosmologie: Johannes Kepler und Athanasius Kircher; Harmonical cosmology: Johannes Kepler and Athanasius Kircher. (2011)

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The connection between musical theory and astronomy is an aspect of Pythagorean cosmology, which still played a role in the 17th century, and was advanced at that time in very different ways: while Johannes Kepler conceives a proper geometrical system of harmonics and tries to connect it with accurate astronomical data, Athanasius Kircher, harshly criticising Kepler's ideas, sets a qualitative system against it, which is based on analogies. The reason for this discrepancy is not only found in the basically different systems of harmonics of both researchers, but also in the different positions that were taken by both within the controversy about the heliocentric system of the world.

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Authors & Contributors
Knobloch, Eberhard
Graney, Christopher M.
Bianchi, Eric
Siebert, Harald
Rothman, Aviva Tova
Restle, Conny
Concepts
Cosmology
Astronomy
Harmony (music theory)
Music
Music theory
Science and music
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Renaissance
Early modern
15th century
Places
Europe
Germany
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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