The reinvention of religious music : Olivier Messiaen's breakthrough toward the beyond /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Maas, Sander van, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2009.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Messiaen, Olivier, > 1908-1992 > Criticism and interpretation.
Messiaen, Olivier, > 1908-1992
Messiaen, Olivier.
Music > Religious aspects.
Musique > Aspect religieux.
PHILOSOPHY > Religious.
Music > Religious aspects
Geistliche Musik
Das Religiöse
Komposition > Musik, Motiv
Music > Religious aspects > Christianity
Messiaen, Olivier > Criticism and interpretation
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • It Is a glistening music we seek
  • Five times breakthrough
  • Balthasar and the religion of music
  • The gift of dazzlement
  • The technics of breakthrough
  • The circumcision of the ear
  • Epilogue: On affirmation.

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