Skip to product information
$17.95
From the time of Pythagoras, more than 2,600 years ago, music has been played on glass in many different ways. In 1761, Benjamin Franklin created the glass armonica — an instrument that works on the same principle as running a moist finger around the rim of a wine glass.
Pythagoras also imagined the cosmos itself as music. He pictured each planet carried on a giant crystal sphere, and each sphere singing its own note. Together, these tones formed a great harmony — the legendary "Music of the Spheres."
William's album Music of the Spheres brings that vision to life. Composed and performed by William Zeitler (ZITE-ler) on the glass armonica, with harp, a chorus of wine glasses, and gentle percussion, Music of the Spheres guides the listener on a poetic journey through this ancient imagination of our planetary system — at once musical, mathematical, and mystical.
1. Earth, the Realm of Life (3:34)
2. The Moon, the Sphere of Intuition (5:50)
3. Mercury, the Sphere of the Intellect (4:37)
4. Venus, the Sphere of Love (5:26)
5. The Sun, the Sphere of the Will (4:00)
6. Mars, the Sphere of the Warrior (4:34)
7. Jupiter, the Sphere of Aspirations (5:45)
8. Saturn, the Sphere of Wisdom (4:22)
9. The Fixed Stars, the Frontier to the Beyond (2:31)
10. Primum Mobile, the Prime Mover of the Spheres (4:07)
11. Empyrean, the Sphere of God (4:16)
12. Centrum, the Still Point at the Center of the Spheres (4:17)
2. The Moon, the Sphere of Intuition (5:50)
3. Mercury, the Sphere of the Intellect (4:37)
4. Venus, the Sphere of Love (5:26)
5. The Sun, the Sphere of the Will (4:00)
6. Mars, the Sphere of the Warrior (4:34)
7. Jupiter, the Sphere of Aspirations (5:45)
8. Saturn, the Sphere of Wisdom (4:22)
9. The Fixed Stars, the Frontier to the Beyond (2:31)
10. Primum Mobile, the Prime Mover of the Spheres (4:07)
11. Empyrean, the Sphere of God (4:16)
12. Centrum, the Still Point at the Center of the Spheres (4:17)
Total Playing Time: 54 minutes