There is a musicke where-ever there is a harmony, order or…
““There is a musicke where-ever there is a harmony, order or proportion; and thus farre we may maintain the musick of the spheares; for those well ordered motions, and regular paces, though they give no sound unto the eare, yet to the understanding they strike a note most full of harmony. Whatever is harmonically composed delights in harmony; which makes me much distrust the symmetry of those heads which declaime against all Church musicke. For my self, not only from my obedience but my particular genius, I doe embrace it; for even that vulgar and Taverne Musicke, which makes one man merry, another mad, strikes in mee a deepe fit of devotion, and a profound contemplation of the first composer; there is something in it of Divinity more than the eare discovers. It is an Hieroglyphicall and shadowed lesson of the whole world, and Creatures of God, such a melody to the eare, as the whole world well understood, would afford the understanding. In briefe it is a sensible fit of that Harmony, which intellectually sounds in the eares of God.””
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
Music reflects cosmic order; harmony in sound mirrors divine structure, revealing deeper truths beyond mere hearing.
In simple terms: Music reveals hidden universal harmony.
Key Takeaway
Listen for deeper meaning in art.
Themes
music
philosophy
divinity
order
harmony
Mood
reflective
contemplative
Type
philosophical
inspirational
When to use this quote
- concerts
- religious services
- personal meditation
- creative composition
Key Concepts
cosmic symmetry
aesthetic theory
spiritual insight
Questions to Reflect On
- What does harmony mean to you personally?
- Can art convey truths beyond language?
A Different Perspective
Interpretation of harmony is subjective and culturally bound.