296 Pages
104 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
296 Pages
104 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
296 Pages
104 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Edmund Rubbra’s music has given him a reputation as a ‘spiritual’ composer, who had an interest in Eastern thought, and a mid-life conversion to Roman Catholicism. This book takes a wide and detailed view of ‘spiritual’ dimensions or strands that were important in his life, positioning them both biographically and within the context of contemporaneous English culture. It proceeds to interpret... Read more
1. ‘The natural product of a religious nature’: introducing spirituality and Rubbra’s music
2. ‘Point of departure’: the enduring influence of Theosophy on Rubbra’s work
3. Body, mind and spirit: Rubbra’s involvement with dance
4. Looking East
5. ‘Pan is Playing’: Nature mysticism in Rubbra’s Music
6. Rubbra’s homage to Teilhard de Chardin
7. From ‘Dark Night’ to ‘Resurrection’: The figure of Christ in Rubbra’s music
8. ‘Rather a peculiar spiritual make-up’?
References and bibliography
Biography
Lucinda Cradduck, now retired, was for nearly thirty years an Associate Lecturer in music with the Open University.
