In 1974, Robert Fripp-leader of the progressive rock group King Crimson-had a spiritual experience in which "the top of [his] head blew off." He became a student of J. G. Bennett, himself a former student of G. I. Gurdjieff, at Sherborne House in Gloucestershire, and remains a member of the Bennett Foundation to this day. When Fripp returned to the music industry, it was with an approach that favored disciplined and geometric compositions over the jagged improvisation of the earlier period. This article explores the influence of Gurdjieff and Bennett's teaching upon Fripp and his work, and his apparent attempts to realize the former's idea of "objective art" through his music. I pay particular attention to the development of Guitar Craft, in which Fripp applies Gurdjieff's techniques through the teaching of the guitar. I argue that Fripp's teaching is a little examined scion of the Gurdjieff lineage, and a case study of discrete cultural production. In 1974, Robert Fripp-leader of the progressive rock group King Crimson-had a spiritual experience in which "the top of [his] head blew off." He became a student of J. G. Bennett, himself a former student of G. I. Gurdjieff, at Sherborne House in Gloucestershire, and remains a member of the Bennett Foundation to this day. When Fripp returned to the music industry, it was with an approach that favored disciplined and geometric compositions over the jagged improvisation of the earlier period. This article explores the influence of Gurdjieff and Bennett's teaching upon Fripp and his work, and his apparent attempts to realize the former's idea of "objective art" through his music. I pay particular attention to the development of Guitar Craft, in which Fripp applies Gurdjieff's techniques through the teaching of the guitar. I argue that Fripp's teaching is a little examined scion of the Gurdjieff lineage, and a case study of discrete cultural production.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2017
توصيف ظاهري
236-258
عنوان
Religion and the Arts
شماره جلد
21/1-2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1568-5292
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اصطلاح موضوعی
Art History
اصطلاح موضوعی
Comparative Religion & Religious Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Fourth Way
اصطلاح موضوعی
G. I. Gurdjieff
اصطلاح موضوعی
History
اصطلاح موضوعی
J. G. Bennett
اصطلاح موضوعی
progressive rock
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religious Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Robert Fripp
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