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On The Power Of Music: Using 'Cosmos' And 'Anthropos' To Articulate A Holistic Approach To Discussing The Power Of Music, Brian R. Cates

Music and Worship Student Presentations

Throughout history music has played an integral role in shaping both societies at large and individuals who are a part of these societies. Many of these individuals have sought not only to enjoy music by listening to it from an aesthetic paradigm, but by understanding it from a metaphysical one, probing its sonic depths and studying its emotive qualities, starting with the doctrines of music proposed by ancient Greek philosophers. However, from the doctrines of music in the ancient era up to the doctrines of music in the baroque era, one can observe a shift in the way music was …