Musical ritual and ritual music: music as a spiritual tool and religious ritual accompaniment
Date
2022-07-29
Authors
Heimarck, Brita
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Published version
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Citation
B. Heimarck. 2022. "Musical Ritual and Ritual Music: Music as a Spiritual Tool and Religious Ritual Accompaniment" Special Issue of Musicological Annual (Music—Religion—Spirituality). Heimarck article, pp. 43-59. https://doi.org/10.4312/mz.58.1.43-59
Abstract
Music as a ceremonial accompaniment creates a sacred time and space for musical rites of passage, and recitation of sacred text may be interpreted as a musical ritual. This article discusses music as a “tool” in religious or spiritual contexts, focusing on certain Hindu or yogic religious and spiritual practices.
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Copyright (c) 2022 Brita Renée Heimarck. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.