Music’s Mystery
Abstrak
Our experience of being ‘addressed’ by music makes it legitimate to maintain that music ‘speaks’ to us; in so far as it constitutes a ‘language’ it does not, however, convey logical, linear discourse: its power depends on ambiguity and on a capacity for the simultaneous sounding of opposites. This language of harmonised contrast engages both our intellect and our emotions but cannot be fathomed by either; the fact that music inspires at once satisfaction and hunger shows that it points beyond itself to the source from which it springs and is, in this respect, a ‘sign’. How do we absorb this language? How do we hear it? In this chapter, the author discusses questions like these related to the thinking of Élisabeth-Paule Labat (1897–1975), a French pianist and composer. In 1922, Élisabeth-Paule Labat entered the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Michel de Kergonan in Brittany. In 1963 she published her Essai sur le mystère de la musique (translated from French by the author of this chapter), where she discusses the decisive role that great music can play in the spiritual life.4
Penulis (1)
Erik Varden O.C.S.O
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2022
- Bahasa
- no
- Sumber Database
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- DOI
- 10.23865/noasp.177.ch14
- Akses
- Open Access ✓