Stravinsky, God, and Time

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51824-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 59, 358 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 745 g

Reihe: Consciousness, Literature and the Arts

If, as Robert Craft remarked, ‘religious beliefs were at the core of Stravinsky’s life and work’, why have they not figured more prominently in discussions of his works?

Stravinsky’s coordination of the listener with time is central to the unity of his compositional style. This ground-breaking study looks at his background in Russian Orthodoxy, at less well-known writings of Arthur Lourié and Pierre Souvtchinsky and at the Catholic philosophy of Jacques Maritain, that shed light on the crucial link between Stravinsky’s spirituality and his restoration of time in music.

Recent neuroscience research supports Stravinsky’s eventual adoption of serialism as the natural and logical outcome of his spiritual and musical quest.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sills, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker

Über Autor(innen)

Helen Sills is an independent scholar and professional musician. She studied at The Royal College of Music and the Universities of Nottingham and Birmingham, gaining her Ph.D in the music of Stravinsky in 1992. As a member of the International Society for the Study of Time she has published several papers on music and time.