Music and Identity in Twenty-First-Century Monasticism

INTRODUCTION

CURRENT LITERATURE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

TERMINOLOGY

Chant

Modal language

Monastic Life

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1. CONFLICT AND REPARATION: THE AGENCY OF MUSIC IN MODERN MONASTIC COMMUNITY DYNAMICS

INTRODUCTION

JOINING A COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY BONDING

SOLIDARITY

EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION

ELITISM AND EXCLUSION

CONFLICT AND REPARATION

CONCLUSION

NOTES

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2. NEW DIRECTIONS: ENCODING MONASTIC IDENTITY THROUGH MUSICAL COMPOSITION

INTRODUCTION

COMPOSITION: CHANTS OLD AND NEW

Drawing on the canon. Case study: 1: Fr John-Julian OJN and Sr Cornelia OJN

ADAPTATION OR COMPOSITION?

Breaking the rules. Case study 2: Sr Cintra Pemberton OSH

Responding to new texts. Case study 3: Sr Mary Gregory OSB

MUSICAL INFLUENCES

TONALITY VERSUS MODALITY

APPROPRIATENESS

Reception within Community

Reception beyond Community

NOTATIONAL ENCODING

CONCLUSION

NOTES

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3. DEAD TO THE WORLD: NEGOTIATING PERSONAL AND MONASTIC IDENTITY THROUGH INSTRUMENTAL AND RECREATIONAL MUSIC

INTRODUCTION

ACCOMPLISHED SECULAR MUSICIANS

INSTRUMENTAL USE IN WORSHIP

Accompanying instruments

Melodic instruments

ASSOCIATION AND ALLEGORISATION

RECONTEXTUALISATION

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AS RITUAL

MEDIUM OR MESSAGE?

MUSIC FOR RECREATION

CONCLUSION

NOTES

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4. DANCING MY PRAYER, DANCING MY SELF: EMBODIED AND PERFORMED IDENTITY

INTRODUCTION

DANCING IN A WORSHIP CONTEXT

Who Dances?

Which Dances?

Why Dance?

Why Not Dance?

DANCE AS OUTREACH

Reception within Community

Reception beyond Community

Efficacy in embodying 'felt' interiority

CONCLUSION

NOTES

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5. A THIRD GENDER?: EXPRESSION OF GENDER IDENTITY IN CELIBATE MONASTICISM THROUGH WORDS AND MUSIC

INTRODUCTION

GENDER ISSUES IN MUSICAL COMPOSITION

Textual themes and imagery

Sexuality and relationships

Creativity and Procreativity Metaphors

Textual Response

EVALUATION AND RECEPTION

CONCLUSION

NOTES

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6. BUYING INTO THE MONASTIC EXPERIENCE: MUSICAL COMMODIFICATION

INTRODUCTION

MONASTICS AND COMMERCE

MONASTIC MUSIC AND AUTHENTICITY

PRAYER OR PERFORMANCE?

MUSIC AS PRODUCT

Marketing the Chant

PRODUCT AUTHENTICITY

The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles

The Community of the Resurrection

The Brothers of the Society of St John the Evangelist

MEDIUM OR MESSAGE?

CONCLUSION

NOTES

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7. THE SINGING NUN PHENOMENON: GOING SOLO ON THE WORLD STAGE

INTRODUCTION

CASE STUDIES

Sister Jeanne Decker

Sr Janet Mead

Brother Alessandro Brustenghi

Sister Cristina Scuccia

DISCUSSION

Disembodied and embodied voices

"Are You for Real?" Appearance and Authenticity

Naming and Identity

Critical Reception - voice and singing style

Choice of musical content

Leading a Double Life

The Power of Song

Monasticism and the Common Good

CONCLUSION

NOTES

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8. FORGING AN ANGLICAN MUSICAL IDENTITY

INTRODUCTION

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT

MUSICAL SETTINGS

The English Tradition

Establishing a Chant Tradition

An English Plainchant Tradition

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

NOTES

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9. FRESH EXPRESSIONS: MUSIC IN NEO-MONASTIC COMMUNITIES

INTRODUCTION

FORMS OF NEO-MONASTICISM

EXAMPLES OF EMERGING NEO-MONASTIC COMMUNITIES

ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES WITH A STRONG MUSICAL TRADITION

Iona Community

Taize Community

THE PLACE OF MUSIC IN OTHER NEO-MONASTIC COMMUNITIES

Hilfield Community

Scargill Community, Yorkshire

St. Anselm Community

Community of Aidan and Hilda

DISCUSSION

Proximity

Influential Individuals

Musical gifts within Community

The Call to Tradition

Musical Identity: Developing a Community Voice

Permanence and Durability

Boundary Clarity and Personal Identity

CONCLUSION

NOTES

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CONCLUSION

INDEX