Abstract
Hoondert analyses the texts, structure and music of the Requiem Masses composed by Rutter, Penderecki and Jenkins. To compose a Requiem Mass, he argues, is an attempt to communicate life and death experiences. The Requiem Mass offers a musical and ritualized set of guidelines for inner transformation and conveys musical knowledge on death and afterlife. Hoondert concludes that the Requiem Masses by Rutter and Jenkins convey a message of hope; Penderecki’s Polish Requiem however, confronts the listener with the raw aspects of death and violence in our times.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Death, Dying and Mysticism |
| Subtitle of host publication | The Ecstasy of the End |
| Editors | T. Cattoi, C. Moreman, G.C. Harcourt |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 235-246 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781137472083 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781137472076 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Requiem
- death
- afterlife