The assumption that the motion of stars and planets creates music is among fundamental myths of the Western culture. At least since Pythagoras and Plato it kept fascinating philosophers and artists. Until the 17th century (for instance, in the work of Johannes Kepler and Athanasius Kircher), theoreticians obviously dealt with the "musica mundana" (“music of […]

The assumption that the motion of stars and planets creates music is among fundamental myths of the Western culture. At least since Pythagoras and Plato it kept fascinating philosophers and artists. Until the 17th century (for instance, in the work of Johannes Kepler and Athanasius Kircher), theoreticians obviously dealt with the "musica mundana" (“music of […]