The Notion of an Imaginary Space in Music: Interpreting Mozart's Requiem in Liturgical, Denominational, and Secular Contexts

Nils Holger Petersen

The Notion of an Imaginary Space in Music: Interpreting Mozart's Requiem in Liturgical, Denominational, and Secular Contexts

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Abstract

Taking its point of departure in the traditional musicological question of how to
understand the notion of the “musical work” – in terms of its – visible – notation
or its – invisible – performance? – this article discusses the consequences of new
listening practices for historical compositions of liturgical texts in other religious
or secular contexts than the original. The article raises the question, what this
may mean for the understanding of the musical work. Based on a philosophical
idea expressed by the Danish theologian-philosopher K.E. Løgstrup, this leads to
notions of different imaginary (and thus invisible) musical spaces connected to
what is traditionally understood as one musical work. Along the way, Mozart’s
Requiem (1791) and its reception history are used as the overarching example.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	In-visibility : Reflections upon Visibility and Transcendence in Theology, Philosophy and the Arts
Redaktører	Anna Vind, Iben Damgaard, Kirsten Busch Nielsen, Sven Rune Havsteen
Antal sider	21
Udgivelsessted	Göttingen
Forlag	Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Publikationsdato	2020
Sider	339 - 359
ISBN (Trykt)	978-3-525-55071-7
ISBN (Elektronisk)	978-3-647-55071-8
Status	Udgivet - 2020

Navn	Refo500 Academic Studies
Vol/bind	18

Emneord

Det Teologiske Fakultet
Liturgical Music
Løgstrup's notion of Imaginary Space
holiness in poetry and music
Det Humanistiske Fakultet
Mozart's Requiem
Music
work esthetics
the sublime

Citationsformater

Petersen, N. H. (2020). The Notion of an Imaginary Space in Music: Interpreting Mozart's Requiem in Liturgical, Denominational, and Secular Contexts. I A. Vind, I. Damgaard, K. B. Nielsen, & S. R. Havsteen (red.), In-visibility: Reflections upon Visibility and Transcendence in Theology, Philosophy and the Arts (s. 339 - 359). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Refo500 Academic Studies Bind 18

The Notion of an Imaginary Space in Music : Interpreting Mozart's Requiem in Liturgical, Denominational, and Secular Contexts. / Petersen, Nils Holger.

In-visibility: Reflections upon Visibility and Transcendence in Theology, Philosophy and the Arts. red. / Anna Vind; Iben Damgaard; Kirsten Busch Nielsen; Sven Rune Havsteen. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020. s. 339 - 359 (Refo500 Academic Studies, Bind 18).

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Petersen, NH 2020, The Notion of an Imaginary Space in Music: Interpreting Mozart's Requiem in Liturgical, Denominational, and Secular Contexts. i A Vind, I Damgaard, KB Nielsen & SR Havsteen (red), In-visibility: Reflections upon Visibility and Transcendence in Theology, Philosophy and the Arts. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, Refo500 Academic Studies, bind 18, s. 339 - 359.

Petersen NH. The Notion of an Imaginary Space in Music: Interpreting Mozart's Requiem in Liturgical, Denominational, and Secular Contexts. I Vind A, Damgaard I, Nielsen KB, Havsteen SR, red., In-visibility: Reflections upon Visibility and Transcendence in Theology, Philosophy and the Arts. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. 2020. s. 339 - 359. (Refo500 Academic Studies, Bind 18).

Petersen, Nils Holger. / The Notion of an Imaginary Space in Music : Interpreting Mozart's Requiem in Liturgical, Denominational, and Secular Contexts. In-visibility: Reflections upon Visibility and Transcendence in Theology, Philosophy and the Arts. red. / Anna Vind ; Iben Damgaard ; Kirsten Busch Nielsen ; Sven Rune Havsteen. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020. s. 339 - 359 (Refo500 Academic Studies, Bind 18).

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