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music of the spheres

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music of the spheres
n.
A perfectly harmonious music, inaudible on the earth, thought by Pythagoras and later classical and medieval philosophers to be produced by the movement of celestial bodies.
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Noun1.music of the spheres - an inaudible music that Pythagoras thought was produced by the celestial
euphony, music - any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes"
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He said that, the people of their island had their ears adapted to hear "the music of the spheres, which always played at certain periods, and the court was now prepared to bear their part, in whatever instrument they most excelled.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
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