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bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Jan. 19 2011, 14:41 I wish I was clever enough to understand all this stuff ~ Earlier I came across a phrase I had written down on a scrap of paper, I have no idea where I saw it, but it meant something to me at the time 'Pythagorean Philosophy - music is the harmonisation of opposites; the conciliation of warring elements' I really like this idea, then I found this today here and it's talking about Music of the Spheres! Marvellous -------------- ....second to the right and straight on till morning.... You heard me before Yet you hear me again Then I die Till I call me again Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Jan. 19 2011, 18:15 The concept of "music of the spheres" itself is much more ancient than Pythagoras - I think it dates back to the Egyptians, although, yes, maybe the Greeks were the first ones to actually give it some sort of verbal formulation. But nevertheless it's an extremely ancient concept, and Mike is, of course, not the first musician to have exploited it. Back in his own time, Johann Strauss Jr. did a waltz called "Sphärenklänge", which, translated fairly literally from German, means "Music of the Spheres". I think I've already mentioned this somewhere else on this board. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Jan. 23 2011, 06:19 A squared plus B squared equals C squared. -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Jan. 23 2011, 07:51 Quote (Ugo @ Jan. 19 2011, 18:15) Johann Strauss Jr. did a waltz called "Sphärenklänge", which, translated fairly literally from German, means "Music of the Spheres". Stockhausen recorded a two-LP album called Sternklang, and it's absolutely unlistenable! Part of it consists in translating the actual positions of stars into musical patterns. The idea sounds very colourful, but - as might be expected - it ultimately just sounds random. Does anyone know what Mr O was drawing on inspiration-wise wrt Music of the Spheres? Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Jan. 23 2011, 07:58 Quote (nightspore @ Jan. 23 2011, 13:51) Does anyone know what Mr O was drawing on inspiration-wise wrt Music of the Spheres? He drew inspiration from the ancient concept. I think he said that himself, in an interview. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Jan. 23 2011, 08:01 this interview gives a little background   -------------- ....second to the right and straight on till morning.... You heard me before Yet you hear me again Then I die Till I call me again Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Jan. 23 2011, 08:07 Thanks, Bee and Ugo... The Pythagoreans were also thought to believe that the universe is - literally - made out of numbers, on the building-block level. No one really knows what this means, much less can envisage it, although I always think of it when I play Maestro and see the number 22 etc emanating at various points. Back to top

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