Article Title
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Bach and Milton have much in common. A survey would reveal that the years of Bach's life (1685-1750) and Milton's (1608-1674) make the two men, if not contemporaries, at least fellow partakers of the Baroque period. Both artists professed themselves to be Christian. Both were Protestant. Both died blind, though Milton's blindness seemed compatible with his vocation, while with Bach, it was an impairment and affliction. Other biographical similarities could be cited. The similarities between the two of most importance, however, are those found in their works of art. Both music and poetry find their physiology in the empirically audible and temporal spheres of reality, and Bach's and Milton's art demonstrate similar means in which this physiology is manifested and made maximal.
Publication Date
1991
Journal Title
Draftings In
Volume
6
Issue
1
First Page
15
Last Page
25
Copyright
©1991 by the Board of Student Publications, University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hess, Harvey
(1991)
"The Physiology of Art in Bach and Milton,"
Draftings In: Vol. 6:
No.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/draftings/vol6/iss1/6