Spiritual Dimensions in the Music of Edmund Rubbra - 9780367635374

Taylor & Francis

Spiritual Dimensions in the Music of Edmund RubbraAuthor(s): Lucinda Cradduck\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367635374, 978-0367635374\nSynopsis\nEdmund Rubbras 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 through detailed analysis the ways these spiritual aspects are reflected in specific compositions.\n\nThematical treatment of these spiritual issues, touching on Theosophy, dance, Eastern religions and thought, nature, the evolutionary theory of Teilhard de Chardin and the Christ figure, presents a multi-faceted view of Rubbras life and music. Its contribution to a scholarly re-evalua.