Sacred and Secular Intersections in Music of the Long Nineteenth Century: Church, Stage, and Concert Hall explores interconnections of the sacred and the secular in music and aesthetic debates of the long nineteenth century. The essays in this volume view the category of the sacred not as a monolithic attribute that applies only to music written for and performed in a religious ritual. Rather, the "sacred" is viewed as a functional as well as a topical category that enhances the discourse of cross-pollination of musical vocabularies between sacred and secular compositions, church and concert music. Using a variety of methodological approaches, the contributors articulate how sacred and religious identities coalesce, reconcile, fuse, or intersect in works from the long nineteenth century that traverse an array of genres and compositional styles.
Eftychia Papanikolaou is associate professor of musicology at the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University. Markus Rathey is the Robert S. Tangeman Professor of Music History at Yale University and author of Theology, Music, and Modernity: Struggles for Freedom.
Contents Introduction Eftychia Papanikolaou and Markus Rathey Religion, Music, and the Romantic Imagination Chapter 1. Music for the "Cultured Despisers" of Religion: Schleiermacher on Singing in Church and Beyond Joyce L. Irwin Chapter 2. The Cross and the Wanderer: From the Sacred to the Secular in the Early Nineteenth Century Joseph E. Morgan Chapter 3. The Sacred Looking Glass: Imaginative Children's Music as Syncretic Nexus Matthew Roy Sacred and Secular Drama on the Stage Chapter 4. Reassessing Robert Schumann's Motivations for Composing a Mass and Requiem Sonja Wermager Chapter 5. Spirituality and the Fugal Topos in the Secular Dramatic Works of Robert Schumann Christopher Ruth Chapter 6. Hieratic Iconoclasm: Liszt, Hanslick, and the Graner Festmesse Eftychia Papanikolaou Chapter 7. Sacred Moments in the Secular Dramatic Works of Arthur Sullivan Matthew Hoch Counterpoint and Chorale in Instrumental Music Chapter 8. Redeeming Chamber Music: Experiencing Solace in Mendelssohn's Late Chamber Music Siegwart Reichwald Chapter 9. Felix Mendelssohn's Lobgesang: "Imaginary Church Music" or a Sublime Symphony? Joshua A. Waggener Chapter 10. The Italian Reception in Bach's Keyboard Works and Passions: Intersections of the Sacred and the Secular Chiara Bertoglio Echoes of the Sacred in French Music after the Revolution Chapter 11. "The Habit Does Not Make the Monk": Rethinking Anti-Clericalism in French Revolutionary Operas-Comiques Callum Blackmore Chapter 12. Biblical Boulevards: Sounding the Ralliement on Parisian Popular Stages Jennifer Walker Chapter 13. Debussy's Religion of Art in His Trois melodies de Verlaine Megan Sarno Sacred Songs and Memory in North American Music Chapter 14. "Old 100th," Militarization, and Nostalgia During the American Civil War James A. Davis Chapter 15. Mourning, Judgment, and Resurrection: Christian Imagery in Reconstruction Sheet Music Thomas J. Kernan Chapter 16. Spirituals Share the Stage with Mozart and Beethoven: The Germany Tour of the Fisk Jubilee Singers in 1877/78 and the Responses of the German Press Markus Rathey Music, Rite, and Identity in Eastern Europe and Russia Chapter 17. Veiled Allusions to the Sacred: Secular Music During the Partitions of Poland Bogumila Mika Chapter 18. Futurist Constructions of the Sacred: The Ballets Russes, Liturgie, and the Problem of a Musical Score Barbara Swanson Chapter 19. (Re)constructing Medieval Rus' in Kastalsky's Furnace Rite David Salkowski About the Contributors
"This fascinating set of essays digs deep into the complexities of religion's intertwining with music during an era when so many fundamental questions about the human condition were being thrown to the surface and debated. A rich feast indeed." -- Jeremy Begbie, Duke University "Sacred and Secular Intersections in Music of the Long Nineteenth Century is an excellently researched, written, and edited volume, with essays spanning a broad scope of topics, genres, composers, and geographic regions. The authors challenge the conception of 'sacred' and 'secular' as separate compositional and performative spheres, seeing them rather as complex categories with fluid boundaries. The volume is deeply cross-disciplinary, grounded in musicology while drawing on a wealth of other fields, including theology, liturgy, philosophy, history of religion, the politics of church and state, literature, theater, visual art, and aesthetics. It provides a valuable contribution to the field of nineteenth-century studies, both in the significant new insights it contains and in the ways it points to new avenues for future research." -- Mark A. Peters, Trinity Christian College "This wide-ranging collection of essays clearly demonstrates the generative potential of dialogue between musical and religious themes. The volume is fascinating, illuminating, and highly recommended!" -- Stephen A. Crist, Emory University
