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How Stoicism influenced music from the French Renaissance to Pink Floyd

  • Written by Melinda Latour, Assistant Professor of Musicology, Tufts University
How Stoicism influenced music from the French Renaissance to Pink Floyd'All things are possible,' Pink Floyd's Roger Waters said of the message contained in the band's eighth album, 'Dark Side of the Moon.'David Redfern/Redferns via Getty Images

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