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شماره

LA125301

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انگلیسی

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A Theological Reflection on Dmitri Shostakovich's "Leningrad" Symphony

نام نخستين پديدآور

Anna Davis

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This article provides a theological reflection on Shostakovich's Seventh, or "Leningrad," Symphony. Investigating the historical context and composer intentions that lie behind the work, together with the now famous story of its premier, performed by starving musicians in the besieged city of Leningrad, the article asks how this secular piece of music might be understood from a perspective of theology. Drawing upon the Russian Orthodox theology mediated by the novels of another Russian artist, Fyodor Dostoevsky, it argues that the symphony takes on the qualities of an icon to embody a kenotic emptying that signifies both suffering and transformation. In so doing, the article aims to further theological engagement with music by pushing the question of how we might think theologically about "secular" music, and also by exploring how we might relate to music's expressivity and meaning-that is to say, its value as part of human life-within a theological framework. This article provides a theological reflection on Shostakovich's Seventh, or "Leningrad," Symphony. Investigating the historical context and composer intentions that lie behind the work, together with the now famous story of its premier, performed by starving musicians in the besieged city of Leningrad, the article asks how this secular piece of music might be understood from a perspective of theology. Drawing upon the Russian Orthodox theology mediated by the novels of another Russian artist, Fyodor Dostoevsky, it argues that the symphony takes on the qualities of an icon to embody a kenotic emptying that signifies both suffering and transformation. In so doing, the article aims to further theological engagement with music by pushing the question of how we might think theologically about "secular" music, and also by exploring how we might relate to music's expressivity and meaning-that is to say, its value as part of human life-within a theological framework.

تاريخ نشر

2014

توصيف ظاهري

521-542

عنوان

Religion and the Arts

شماره جلد

18/4

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5292

اصطلاح موضوعی

Dostoevsky

اصطلاح موضوعی

icons

اصطلاح موضوعی

music

اصطلاح موضوعی

Shostakovich

اصطلاح موضوعی

theology

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Anna Davis

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15685292-01804003

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y