But I still question you use of the word "corporeal."

I picked up the word in a musical sense from Harry Partch (who also ranks very highly indeed in the Sinister Supporter Pantheon of Godlike Genii) - in particular from his book Genesis of a Music. Much of Partch's concerns were with speech intonation with respect of song, and to this end (& others, such as perfect non-tempered thirds) he divided the octave into 43 microtonal divisions according to Pythagorean principles. Consequently he had to build a lot of amazing instruments to perform it on giving rise to my favourite Partch quote: "I am not an instrument builder, rather a philosophical music-man seduced into carpentry." One of Americas finest sons!

Lots of Partch on YouTube, including the BBC4 documentary up in 6 parts. Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cKnTj2cyNQ