03253nam 22005175 450 991030062450332120200702025639.03-319-91818-410.1007/978-3-319-91818-1(CKB)4100000005248518(DE-He213)978-3-319-91818-1(MiAaPQ)EBC5452439(EXLCZ)99410000000524851820180713d2018 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Extravagance of Music[electronic resource] /by David Brown, Gavin Hopps1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2018.1 online resource (XXV, 325 p.) Includes index.3-319-91817-6 1. Introduction: an art open to the divine -- 2. A generous excess -- 3. Types of extravagance -- 4. Discovering god in music’s excess -- 5. Cultured despisers -- 6. Spilt religion -- 7. Conclusion.This book explores the ways in which music can engender religious experience, by virtue of its ability to evoke the ineffable and affect how the world is open to us. Arguing against approaches that limit the religious significance of music to an illustrative function, The Extravagance of Music sets out a more expansive and optimistic vision, which suggests that there is an ‘excess’ or ‘extravagance’ in both music and the divine that can open up revelatory and transformative possibilities. In Part I, David Brown argues that even in the absence of words, classical instrumental music can disclose something of the divine nature that allows us to speak of an experience analogous to contemplative prayer. In Part II, Gavin Hopps contends that, far from being a wasteland of mind-closing triviality, popular music frequently aspires to elicit the imaginative engagement of the listener and is capable of evoking intimations of transcendence. Filled with fresh and accessible discussions of diverse examples and forms of music, this ground-breaking book affirms the disclosive and affective capacities of music, and shows how it can help to awaken, vivify, and sustain a sense of the divine in everyday life.Religion—PhilosophyMusic—Philosophy and aestheticsMusicPhilosophy of Religionhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E33000Philosophy of Musichttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E11010Musichttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/417000Religion—Philosophy.Music—Philosophy and aesthetics.Music.Philosophy of Religion.Philosophy of Music.Music.210Brown Davidauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut127954Hopps Gavinauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK9910300624503321The Extravagance of Music1991425UNINA