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The reinvention of religious music : Olivier Messiaen's breakthrough toward the beyond /
Present-day music studies conspicuously evade the question of religion in contemporary music. Although many composers address the issue in their work, as yet there have been few attempts to think through the structure of religious music as we hear it. On the basis of a careful analysis of Olivier Me...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Present-day music studies conspicuously evade the question of religion in contemporary music. Although many composers address the issue in their work, as yet there have been few attempts to think through the structure of religious music as we hear it. On the basis of a careful analysis of Olivier Messiaen's work, this book argues for a renewal of our thinking about religious music. Addressing his notion of a "hyper-religious" music of sounds and colors, it aims to show that Messiaen has broken new ground. His reinvention of religious music makes us again aware of the fact that religi. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 229 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780823236695 0823236692 0823230597 9780823230594 9780823246526 0823246523 1282699059 9781282699052 9780823238576 0823238571 9786612699054 6612699051 |