On music, sense, affect and voice /
Harrison, Carol,
On music, sense, affect and voice / Carol Harrison. - 1 online resource (1 volume) - Reading Augustine . - Reading Augustine. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The conversion of the senses -- The conversion of the affections -- The conversion of the voice.
"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
9781501326271 1501326279 9781501326288 1501326287 9781501326295 1501326295
10.5040/9781501326295 doi
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. De musica.
De musica (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint)
Music, Greek and Roman--History and criticism.
Music, Greek and Roman--Philosophy and aesthetics.
MUSIC--Instruction & Study--Theory.
Music, Greek and Roman
Church history--Primitive and early church
Church music
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ML169 / .H17 2019
781.71009015
On music, sense, affect and voice / Carol Harrison. - 1 online resource (1 volume) - Reading Augustine . - Reading Augustine. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The conversion of the senses -- The conversion of the affections -- The conversion of the voice.
"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
9781501326271 1501326279 9781501326288 1501326287 9781501326295 1501326295
10.5040/9781501326295 doi
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. De musica.
De musica (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint)
Music, Greek and Roman--History and criticism.
Music, Greek and Roman--Philosophy and aesthetics.
MUSIC--Instruction & Study--Theory.
Music, Greek and Roman
Church history--Primitive and early church
Church music
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ML169 / .H17 2019
781.71009015