Music and Spirituality
Thérèse Smith
Music and Spirituality - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2015 - 1 electronic resource (208 p.)
Open Access
Across time and geography people have known the power of music for evoking the gods and acquiring spiritual insight. Whether arising as a textless chant by a single voice or a percussive auditory context for ritual dance, music in its various modes is a virtually ubiquitous companion to religious and spiritual practices. The apparently intangible, insubstantial nature of sound is one of the reasons why music has so effectively symbolized the mysterious and wholly other since the dawn of creation. Not only an accompaniment to one’s spiritual trek, musical compositions from the great oratorios of Handel to the soundtrack to the movie Lord of the Rings also serve as powerful metaphors and inspirations for that journey.
Creative Commons
English
9783038420996 9783038421023
chant acoustics sound rhythm movement spirituality music
Music and Spirituality - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2015 - 1 electronic resource (208 p.)
Open Access
Across time and geography people have known the power of music for evoking the gods and acquiring spiritual insight. Whether arising as a textless chant by a single voice or a percussive auditory context for ritual dance, music in its various modes is a virtually ubiquitous companion to religious and spiritual practices. The apparently intangible, insubstantial nature of sound is one of the reasons why music has so effectively symbolized the mysterious and wholly other since the dawn of creation. Not only an accompaniment to one’s spiritual trek, musical compositions from the great oratorios of Handel to the soundtrack to the movie Lord of the Rings also serve as powerful metaphors and inspirations for that journey.
Creative Commons
English
9783038420996 9783038421023
chant acoustics sound rhythm movement spirituality music