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Concept

Music, Influence of

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  • A woman is playing the harp as she and  her male companion sing together, representing a man and a woman in love. Etching by James Gillray.
  • Orpheus charming the animals with music. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas after A. Hondius.
  • King David is playing the harp as a boy holds open a book of music for him to follow and a woman sits at a writing desk in the background. Engraving by A. van Buysen, ca. 1728.
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    Orpheus attempting to rescue Eurydice from the underworld. Etching after A. van Diepenbeeck.

    Diepenbeeck, Abraham van, 1596-1675. | Date: [between 1655 and 1733?] | Reference: 2917582i
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    King David is playing the harp as a boy holds open a book of music for him to follow and a woman sits at a writing desk in the background. Engraving by A. van Buysen, ca. 1728.

    Buysen, Andries van, active 1698-1747. | Date: [1728?] | Reference: 33901i
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    Roots of musicality : music therapy and personal development / Daniel Perret ; foreword by Colwyn Trevarthen.

    Perret, Daniel Gilbert, 1950- | Date: 2005
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    A woman is playing the harp as she and her male companion sing together, representing a man and a woman in love. Etching by James Gillray.

    Gillray, James, 1756-1815. | Date: October 25th 1805 | Reference: 28520i
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    The train in the night : a story of music and loss / Nick Coleman.

    Coleman, Nick, 1960- | Date: 2012
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