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13 - Music and Magic

from Part III - Institutions, Ideas, and the Order of Nature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2019

Iain Fenlon
Affiliation:
King's College, Cambridge
Richard Wistreich
Affiliation:
Royal College of Music, London
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  • Edited by Iain Fenlon, King's College, Cambridge, Richard Wistreich, Royal College of Music, London
  • Book: The Cambridge History of Sixteenth-Century Music
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  • Edited by Iain Fenlon, King's College, Cambridge, Richard Wistreich, Royal College of Music, London
  • Book: The Cambridge History of Sixteenth-Century Music
  • Online publication: 08 January 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511675874.015
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