• Introduction; Chapter 1 String Versus Wind Instruments: The Ancient Tradition of the Musical Cosmos; Chapter 2 The Harmony of the Divine Christian Order; Chapter 3 The Harmony of Earthly Rule: Erasmus of Rotterdam and Jean Bodin; Chapter 4 Emblematic Literature and the Ideal Ruler; Chapter 5 Musical Emblems of the State in Seventeenth-Century Spain: Amphion, Timotheus Milesius, Marsyas and the Sirens; Chapter 6 The Celestial Lyre: Royal Virtues and Harmonious Rule; Chapter 7 Cosmic Harmony, Royal Wisdom and Eloquence; Chapter 8 The Death of the Monarch and the Discord of the Elements; conclusion Conclusion;

'[a] magnificent study on the Musical Iconography of Power in Seventeenth-Century Spain ... a stupendous and highly recommended work which brings us closer to the musical analogies employed in the representation of power and its inclusion in the representation of the Lesser Austrias.' (Translated from Spanish) Sineris. Revista de Musicologia