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On music, sense, affect, and voice / Carol Harrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrison, Carol, author.
- Series:
- Reading Augustine.
- Library of New Testament studies, 2513-8790 ; volume 286
- Reading Augustine ; 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. De musica.
- Augustine.
- Music, Greek and Roman--History and criticism.
- Music, Greek and Roman.
- Music, Greek and Roman--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : T&T Clark, 2019.
- Summary:
- "This book explores early reflections on music and its effects on the mind and soul. Augustine is an obvious choice for such an analysis, as his De Musica is the only treatise on music by a Christian writer in the first five centuries AD; concerned not only with poetic metre and rhythm, but also with an ontology of music. Focusing on the six books of De Musica, the Confessions and the Homilies on the Psalms, Carol Harrison argues that Augustine establishes a psychology, ethics and aesthetics of musical perception, which considered together form an effective theology of music. For Augustine, music-both heard and performed- becomes the means by which we can sense and participate in divine grace. Composed by one of the world's foremost Augustine scholars, this book is a concise and powerful exploration of Augustine's writing and reflections on music and, by extension, the intimate relationship between music, religion, and philosophy."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter One: The Conversion of the Senses
- Chapter Two: The Conversion of the Affections
- Chapter Three: The Conversion of the Voice
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781501326295
- 1501326295
- 9781501326288
- 1501326287
- 9781501326271
- 1501326279
- OCLC:
- 1195888453
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