Musical composition and mystical spirituality
Book chapter
Inglis, B. 2019. Musical composition and mystical spirituality. in: Boyce-Tillman, J., Roberts, S. and Erricker, J. (ed.) Enlivening Faith: Music, Spirituality and Christian Theology Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Mein, New York, Wien Peter Lang.
Chapter title | Musical composition and mystical spirituality |
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Authors | Inglis, B. |
Abstract | Mystical and visionary states are often associated with sound and music, from the thoroughly multimedia visions of St Hildegard of Bingen (which reportedly gave rise to her chant compositions) to Margery Kempe’s auditory vision of heavenly melodies and sweet birdsong. As a composer and scholar I am drawn to those who have experienced visions consistently, and written them down systematically. From this starting point, here I examine compositional processes and outcomes of myself and a selection of composers from different times and places (Hildegard of Bingen, François Couperin, Arvo Pärt, Peter Maxwell Davies) through the lens of mystical spirituality. The theoretical frame for this is drawn from literature, in the traditions of both religious studies and musicology, by William James, Albert Blackwell, Jonathan Harvey and Michael Tippet. I interrogate this and other literature (referencing in passing Ivan Moody and Peter Bouteneff) to consider notions of mysticism, spiritual ecstasy, and its musical encoding, for which a semiotic methodology is employed. |
Research Group | Music group |
Book title | Enlivening Faith: Music, Spirituality and Christian Theology |
Editors | Boyce-Tillman, J., Roberts, S. and Erricker, J. |
Publisher | Peter Lang |
Place of publication | Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Mein, New York, Wien |
Series | Music and Spirituality |
ISBN | |
Hardcover | 9781788746205 |
Electronic | 9781788746229 |
Electronic | 9781788746212 |
Electronic | 9781788746236 |
Publication dates | |
30 Aug 2019 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 19 Sep 2018 |
Accepted | 31 Jul 2018 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | This is an Accepted Manuscript that has been published in Enlivening Faith: Music, Spirituality and Christian Theology edited by June Boyce-Tillman, Stephen Roberts and Jane Erricker in the series Music and Spirituality. |
Web address (URL) | https://www.peterlang.com/view/9781788746229/chapter-03.xhtml |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3726/b14571 |
Language | English |
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