Hearing Religious Music. The Subject-Object Relationship of the Listener and the Piece of Music in a Consumption Era

In a concert hall, the attitude of the audience focusses on the formalistic aspects of music. In religious rituals, music is a means of leading the hearer to a spiritual experience. What happens when music, meant originally for a liturgical purpose, is played in a concert setting? Gadamer shows, wit...

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Main Author: Reitsma Oane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-07-01
Series:Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2020-0017