Author
Robert Sholl
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Hardback
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group
Published
March 2016
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Author
Robert Sholl
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group
Published
March 2016
£181.78
Free UK Delivery
Available - Usually dispatched within 3 days
Contemporary Music and Spirituality
Today's Price £181.78
The flourishing of religious or spiritually-inspired music in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries remains largely unexplored. The engagement and tensions between modernism and tradition, and institutionalized religion and spirituality are inherent issues for many composers who have sought to invoke spirituality and Otherness through contemporary music. This volume provides a detailed exploration of the recent and current state of contemporary spiritual music in its religious, musical, cultural and conceptual-philosophical aspects. At the heart of the book are issues that consider the role of secularization, the claims of modernity concerning the status of art, subjective responses such as faith and experience. The contributors provide a new critical lens through which it is possible to see the music and thought of Cage, Ligeti, Messiaen, Stockhausen as spiritual music.
The book surrounds these composers with studies of and by other composers directly associated with the idea of spiritual music (Harvey, Gubaidulina, MacMillan, Part, Pott, and Tavener), and others (Adams, Birtwistle, Ton de Leeuw, Ferneyhough, Ustvolskaya, and Vivier) who have created original engagements with the idea of spirituality. The book should be essential reading for humanities scholars and students working in the areas of musicology, music theory, theology, religious studies, philosophy of culture, and the history of twentieth-century culture.
Author
Robert Sholl
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group
Published
March 2016
Weight
686g
Page Count
364
Dimensions
156 x 234 x 21 mm
ISBN
9781409440581
ISBN-10
1409440583
Eden Code
4635769
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Author/Creator: Robert Sholl
ISBN: 9781409440581
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Group
Release Date: March 2016
Weight: 686g
Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 21 mm
Eden Code: 4635769