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14 The use of ideas from ‘speculative music’ theory was of course common in contemporary literature; see Hollander, John, The Untuning of the Sky (New York, 1970) and Finney, Gretchen L., Musical Backgrounds for English Literature: 1580–1650 (New Brunswick, 1961).Google Scholar

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∗ I am grateful to Prof. Ian Spink for his constructive comments on a late draft of this article, though responsibility for any errors of fact or judgment is entirely mine.Google Scholar