Enlightenment Orpheus: The Power of Music in Other Worlds - Vanessa Agnew - Google Books

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The Enlightenment saw a critical engagement with the ancient idea that music carries certain powers - it heals and pacifies, civilizes and educates. Yet this interest in musical utility seems to conflict with larger notions of aesthetic autonomy that…