| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 229 pages) |
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
Messiaen, Olivier Criticism and interpretation |
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Music Religious aspects Christianity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992 |
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Messiaen, Olivier. |
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Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992 |
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Music -- Religious aspects.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Religious.
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Music -- Religious aspects
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Geistliche Musik
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Das Religiöse
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Komposition Musik, Motiv
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Music -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008047148 |
| ISBN |
9780823236695 |
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0823236692 |
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0823230597 |
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9780823230594 |
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9780823246526 |
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0823246523 |
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1282699059 |
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9781282699052 |
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9780823238576 |
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0823238571 |
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9786612699054 |
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6612699051 |
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