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    Oct 01, 2020 3 minutes

    Both from the Ears and Mind – Thinking about Music in Early Modern England

    Linda Phyllis Austern

    The mental, experiential and musical landscapes of human beings in the 16th and 17th centuries were different from ours. Linda Austern’s latest book is an ambitious attempt to map out that territory in detail. Its five chapters cover: the discourse frameworks of the period; the debates over ‘Godly’ music; metaphysical notions of the harmony of the universe and occult powers; the link between spirit, soul, hearing

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