- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Fordham University Press; Third Edition edition (Mar 30 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0823230570
- ISBN-13: 978-0823230570
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 481 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,510,890 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"If the idea that religious music is a thing of the past helps you sleep better, Sander van Maas' provocative book should wake you up. Did you ever think that an ear could be circumcised? From the Bible to Messiaen and Derrida, he radically rethinks the relationships between ear and flesh."-Peter Szendy
"An effective study of Messiaen needs to bring analytic rigor to both the musicological and theologial aspects of the composer. In The Reinvention of Religious Music, Sander van Maas takes on this daunting task and brings to bear his own erudition in a number of fields to provide a compelling account of the man and his work."-The Journal of Religion
"A highly refreshing and valuable critque of religious music using the work of Messiaen as a frame of reference."-Vincent Benitez, Notes
Book Description
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. The work of Olivier Messiaen is well known for its inclusion of religious themes and gestures. On the basis of a careful analysis of Messiaen's work, this book argues for a renewal of our thinking about religious music. Starting from an analysis of his 1960s oratorio La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jesus-Christ, van Maas arranges a moderated dialogue between Messiaen and the music theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar, the phenomenology of revelation of Jean-Luc Marion, the rethinking of religion and technics in Jacques Derrida and Bernard Stiegler, and the Augustinian ruminations of Soren Kierkegaard and Jean-Francois Lyotard. Ultimately, this confrontation underscores the challenging yet deeply affirmative nature of Messiaen's music.
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A choice pick for any college or community library collection focusing on music and religion, Jun 11 2009
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This review is from: The Reinvention of Religious Music: Olivier Messiaen's Breakthrough Toward the Beyond (Hardcover)
Music has always been a key part of religion, yet music has reinvented itself many times over. But what of religious music? "The Reinvention of Religious Music: Oliver Messiaen's Breakthrough Toward the Beyond" is a scholarly study of religious music with a close focus on the work of Oliver Messiaen, and what it has meant to religious music as a whole. Arguing that Messiaen has changed religious music radically, and that his work is worthy of theological debate, "The Reinvention of Religious Music" is a choice pick for any college or community library collection focusing on music and religion.
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