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Diapason (Concept) - Source Library Encyclopedia

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Diapason

Also known as: Octave, Diapason harmony, Diapason (Octave), Diapason Harmony, Diapason (octave), Octave (Diapason), Octave (diapason)

39 books·919 total mentions

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The musical interval of an octave, considered by Pythagoreans and Renaissance theorists to be the most perfect harmony and a key to cosmic structure.

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Appears in 39 Books

Complete Works of Plato, translated by Marsilio Ficino (1518)

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Opera Omnia (Complete Works)

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