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Gurdjieff and music : the Gurdjieff/de Hartmann piano music and its esoteric significance /

In Gurdjieff and Music Johanna Petsche examines the large and diverse body of piano music produced by Armenian-Greek spiritual teacher G.I. Gurdjieff (c.1866-1949) in collaboration with his devoted pupil Thomas de Hartmann (1885-1956). Petsche draws on a range of unpublished materials and data from...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Petsche, Johanna J. M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
Series:Aries book series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Gurdjieff, his music and teaching
  • Music in the biography of Gurdjieff
  • Music in the biography of de Hartmann
  • The collaboration
  • Sources and styles
  • Sheet music and recordings
  • The piano music, Gurdjieff 's cosmology and views on art
  • Three purposes of the piano music in light of Gurdjieff's life circumstances and esoteric teaching.