Music and Esotericism

ISBN-13: 9789004182677 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 392 str.

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This collection of essays analyzes the relationships that exist between esotericism and music from Antiquity to the 20th century, investigating ways in which magic, astrology, alchemy, divination, and cabbala interact with music. The volume seeks to dissolve artificial barriers between the history of art, music, science, and intellectual history by establishing an interdisciplinary dialogue about music as viewed against a specific cultural background. The synthesis of scientific and historical contexts with respect to music, explored here on a large scale for the first time, opens up a wealth of new approaches to music historical research, music performance, and musical composition. Each chapter presents either a unique example of music functioning within esoteric and scientific traditions or a demonstration of the influence of those traditions upon selected musical works. L'ouvrage analyse les relations entre l'esoterisme et la musique de l'Antiquite au 20eme siecle etudiant comment la magie, l'astrologie, l'alchimie, la divination et la cabale ont interagit avec la musique. Il vise a depasser les frontieres entre l'histoire de l'art, l'histoire de la musique et l'histoire des sciences et des idees afin de nouer un dialogue interdisciplinaire sur la musique autour de contextes historiques et scientifiques precis. L'ouvrage offre une premiere synthese sur les rapports entre esoterisme et musique ainsi que diverses pistes de recherche a poursuivre.