Mozart

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Overview

Much Has Been Written about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but relatively little on the religious dimension of his person and his music. In this book Hans Kung offers an intriguing theological probing into Mozart's musical work. Kung begins by discussing Mozart's Catholic background--something that, surprisingly, has hardly been treated by Mozart scholars. He moves on to explore how Mozart's music itself displays to the keen ear "traces of transcendence," giving intimations of a mysterious bliss transcending even all music.

The second part of the book sheds new light on Mozart's "Coronation Mass" in view of its contemporary cultural and political horizon, setting this mass against the critical confrontation with religion that was already beginning at that time. Kung's approach here reveals, among other things, the possibility of a new creative understanding of the texts of the mass as interpreted by Mozart's music.

In a theological study of Mozart's music, Kung discusses the composer's Catholic background--something that, surprisingly, has hardly been treated by scholars--and reveals, among other things, the possibility of a new creative understanding of Mozart's "Coronation Mass, " as interpretated by Mozart's music. A provocative study that may even surpass Karl Barth's famous work.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780802806888
  • Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
  • Publication date: 2/19/1993
  • Pages: 108
  • Product dimensions: 0.26 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 9.00 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Traces of Transcendence? Experiences with Mozart's Music 1
Theme 1: Catholic? 5
Theme 2: Religious? 8
Theme 3: Divine? 12
Theme 4: The Human, All-too-human 15
Theme 5: The Mystery 18
Theme 6: Bliss 21
Theme 7 and Finale: Traces of Transcendence 29
Opium of the People? Theological Reflections on Mozart's Coronation Mass 37
The Horizon of the Time 41
The Kyrie 46
The Gloria 48
The Credo 55
The Sanctus 60
The Agnus Dei 67
Notes 71
Index 79
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