Verify Citation - 5. Music, Temperament, and Social Concord

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The Creation of Order »  Query: 5. Music, Temperament, and Social Concord

Verify Citation

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Plutarch stated in Moralia: “The Chaldeans say that Spring stands to Autumn in the relation of a Fourth, to Winter in the relation of a Fifth, and to Summer in the relation of an Octave.”

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