Music and the Cosmos. An Astronomical Selection
The relations between art and the stars
are deeply rooted in the whirlwind of
the past. The sky as an inspiration for
culture must predate even language;
it could be at the very origin of all
that is human if we think that, for thousands
and thousands of years, until before the birth of
astronomical sciences and their modern space
observation technologies, the stars in the sky
gave meaning to people’s lives in many ways. They
continue to do so now: think about the attention
so many people pay to the daily horoscope or the
cultural elements that give life and character to
the celestial bodies around us, whether they arise
from observation and knowledge—the phases