Music and Spirituality
Assignment: Read Chapter 5 (“Music of Worship and Belief”)
and Chapter 6 (“Music and Dance”) of Soundscapes. Also read the article by Philip Bohlman (handed
out in class) titled “World Musics and World Religions: Whose World?” from the
book Enchanting Powers: Music in the
World’s Religions.
Consider
some of the following questions, and consider referring back to your previous
work on music that “tells you who you are” in your preparation for Tuesday’s seminar:
1. What is religious about music?
2. What is intrinsically musical about religion?
3. Why does music evoke religious experience in a way no
other expression can?
4. What does the body have to do with the study of
music, or should it?
5. What does power (however you define it) have to do
with this discussion?
Music and Spirituality
Assignment: Read Chapter 5 (“Music of Worship and Belief”)
and Chapter 6 (“Music and Dance”) of Soundscapes. Also read the article by Philip Bohlman (handed
out in class) titled “World Musics and World Religions: Whose World?” from the
book Enchanting Powers: Music in the
World’s Religions.
Consider
some of the following questions, and consider referring back to your previous
work on music that “tells you who you are” in your preparation for Tuesday’s seminar:
1. What is religious about music?
2. What is intrinsically musical about religion?
3. Why does music evoke religious experience in a way no
other expression can?
4. What does the body have to do with the study of
music, or should it?
5. What does power (however you define it) have to do
with this discussion?