The reinvention of religious music : Olivier Messiaen's breakthrough toward the beyond / Sander van Maas.

9780823236695 (electronic bk.)
0823236692 (electronic bk.)
0823230597 (electronic bk.)
9780823230594 (electronic bk.)
9780823246526 (electronic bk.)
0823246523 (electronic bk.)
1282699059
9781282699052
9780823238576
0823238571
9780823230570
0823230570
9780823230587
0823230589
9786612699054
6612699051

New York : Fordham University Press, 2009.

English

In English.

1 online resource (xi, 229 pages)

10.1515/9780823238576 doi

ML410.M595 M34 2009eb

(OCoLC)647876473

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.

Includes bibliographical references.

Restrictions unspecified

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

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)

Print version record.

UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Print version: Maas, Sander van, 1968- Reinvention of religious music. New York : Fordham University Press, 2009

Books > E-books
All Resources