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Music of the Spheres was first presented by the Babylonians and then popularized by Pythagoras. Pythagoras and his students are also known for making outstanding contributions to mathematics, including irrational numbers. Pythagoras stated that all relations could be reduced to number relations, influenced from observations in music, mathematics and astronomy. Music of the Spheres states that each planet emits a sound, a musical note, based upon its relation to the Sun. Pythagoras suggested that if all planets were played together at the right frequency, a glorious harmony would sound.

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