Music in the Apocalyptic Mode.

• Superior document: Word and Music Studies ; v.20
• Author: DiTommaso, Lorenzo.
• TeilnehmendeR: McAllister, Colin.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Word and Music Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (427 pages)

Co-edited by a leading scholar of apocalypticism and a professional musician, this volume explores the world of music in the apocalyptic mode from the late Middle Ages to the present day, with an emphasis on the interplay among music, lyrics, images, and performance.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1 Music in the Apocalyptic Mode -- 1 Dies irae, dies illa: Towards an Understanding of Music in the Apocalyptic Mode -- 1 Sites and Sources of Meaning -- 2 Systematic Ambiguity -- 3 Heuristic Ambiguity -- 4 Everyday Ambiguity -- 5 Music and Meaning in the Apocalyptic Mode -- Works Cited -- 2 The Medieval Song of the Sibyl: An Overview -- Abstract -- Works Cited -- 3 Monks at the World's End -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Dramatizing Eschatology and Performing Monastic Agency -- 3 The Sonic World of the Play -- Works Cited -- 4 Dies Irae: Origin and Appropriations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Origin of the Dies Irae -- 3 Lyrics and Melody -- 4 The Dies Irae as Part of the Requiem (in Liturgical and Secular Contexts) -- 5 Liturgical Uses of the Dies Irae (as Part of the Requiem) -- 6 Non-Liturgical Uses of the Dies Irae (as Part of the Requiem) -- 7 The Dies Irae as an Independent Composition -- 8 References to the Dies Irae in Classical Music and Popular Culture -- 9 Classical Music of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries -- 10 Film Scores -- 11 Popular Music -- 12 Conclusion -- Works Cited -- 5 Mystical Unity or Earth-Shattering Events: Shifting Views -- 1 Family Business -- 2 Musical Battle Scenes -- 3 The Threefold Coming of Christ -- 4 Earth-Shattering Events -- 5 Battle or Wedding? -- Works Cited -- 6 Messianism and (Post-)Apocalypticism in Wagner's Ring -- 1 Opening the Apocalyptic Space -- 2 Wagner's Musical End Times -- 3 Conclusion -- Works Cited -- 7 Ich fühle luft von anderem planeten: Arnold Schoenberg as Apocalyptic Prophet -- 1 Prelude -- 2 Schoenberg and Late Romanticism -- 3 Expressionism and Transfiguration -- 4 Vision and Apocalypse -- 5 Second String Quartet, Op. 10 (1907-08) -- 6 Entrückung. Sehr langsam -- 7 Coda -- Works Cited -- 8 The Apocalypse in African American Spirituals and Blues.

1 The Apocalypse, Death, and Eschatological Images of Heaven in Slave Spirituals -- 1.1 Signs of the End and the Final Judgment -- 1.2 Images of Death in African-American Spirituals -- 1.3 Visions of the Afterlife -- 1.4 Conclusions -- 2 The Apocalypse in African-American Blues -- 2.1 Blues on the Cataclysmic Events -- 2.2 Images of the Apocalypse and the Day of Doom -- 2.3 Images of Death in the Blues -- 3 General Observations and Conclusions -- Works Cited -- 9 Apocalyptic Themes in the Music of Olivier Messiaen -- Abstract -- 1 Christian Themes in Messiaen's Music -- 2 Messiaen's Eschatology -- 2.1 Les corps glorieux -- 2.2 Quatuor pour la fin du temps -- 2.2.1 Musical Innovations -- 2.2.2 Angels and Color -- 2.2.3 The Abyss -- 2.2.4 Expressions of Eternity and Immortality -- 2.3 Couleurs de la cité céleste -- 2.4 Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum -- 2.5 Des canyons aux étoiles... -- 2.5 La ville d'en-haut -- 2.6 Éclairs sur l'au-delà … -- 3 Messiaen the Evangelist -- 4 The Problems of Self-Expression -- Works Cited -- 10 In Search of an Apocalyptic Model for Western Art Music -- 1 Catastrophe and "Vision Time" in …inwendig voller Figur… -- 2 Vision 4: Hermeneutics, Musical Form, and Techniques -- 3 Number Symbolism as Compositional Determinant -- 4 A Modernist Harmony of Praise and Distance -- Works Cited -- 11 Apocalypticism in Search of Justice in Rastafari: The Case of "Ride Natty Ride" -- 1 Babylon System: Naming the Beast -- 2 Resolve and Redemption: Resisting the Beast -- 3 "It's the Fire": Burning the Beast -- 4 Conclusion: Seeking Justice, Imagining Freedom -- Works Cited -- 12 Tempest: Bob Dylan's Later Life Apocalypse -- 1 Apocalyptic Echoes -- 2 Apocalyptic Structure -- 3 Apocalyptic Time -- 4 Critical Reception: An Apocalyptic Explanation -- Works Cited.

13 "Land of Confusion" (Genesis, 1986 - Disturbed, 2005) and the Contemporary Apocalyptic Shift -- 1 A Land of Confusion: What Is 'Apocalyptic'? -- 2 "Land of Confusion": Video Synopsis -- 2.1 Intro -- 2.2 Verse 1 -- 2.3 Verse 2 -- 2.4 Pre-chorus 1 -- 2.5 Chorus 1 -- 2.6 Verse 3 -- 2.7 Pre-chorus 2 -- 2.8 Chorus 2 -- 2.9 Bridge -- 2.10 Verse 4 -- 2.11 Pre-chorus 3 -- 2.12 Chorus 3 -- 2.13 Chorus 4 -- 2.14 Finale -- 3 "Land of Confusion" and Apocalyptic Anxiety in Popular Culture -- 3.1 Genesis (1986) -- 3.2 Disturbed (2005) -- 4 "Land of Confusion" and the "Apocalyptic Shift" -- 4.1 Genesis (1986) -- 4.2 Disturbed (2005) -- 5 Coda: 6 January 2021 and this Land of Confusion -- Works Cited -- 14 End-Time Lyrics and Music in Contemporary Christian "ApokRock" -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Evangelicalism and Evangelicals: A Brief Overview -- 3 Evangelical Popular Culture and CCM -- 4 Apocalyptic Themes and Imagery in Christian Metal Music -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Works Cited -- 15 Dies Irae, Dies Illa: Hip-Hop and the Apocalypse of Whiteness -- 1 Apocalyptic Riff -- 2 Apocalypse of Now -- 3 Apocalypse and Whiteness -- 4 Apocalypse on Hoof -- 5 Apocalypse through Hip-Hop -- 6 Apocalyptic Dies -- 7 Coda -- Works Cited -- 16 Liberation Theology, Social Protest, and Apocalyptic Utopia in the Music of Northeast Brazil -- Works Cited -- 17 Latex Apocalypse: The End of the World According to Grimes -- 1 Eleven Shades of Destruction -- 2 Superflat Apocalypticism and Apocalyptic Meaning -- 3 Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Part 2 Composing in the Apocalyptic Mode -- 18 Aeneas in the Underworld -- 1 A Narrative in Music -- Works Cited -- 19 Apocalyptic Time and the Time of APOKATASTASIS -- 1 Prelude to an Ending -- 2 Genesis of a Musical Flow -- 3 Time and the Apocalyptic Worldview -- 4 Chiasmus and Apocalyptic Design -- 5 The Doctrine of Apokatastasis.

6 The Design of APOKATASTASIS -- 7 Proposal towards Personal Apocalypse -- 8 Coda (as a Beginning) -- Works Cited -- 20 Music for the End Times: Wait…When? -- 1 Transcription and Close Reading -- 2 Music Composition -- 3 The Images and Video Animations -- 4 Modularity -- 5 Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Notes on Contributors -- Plates and Figures -- Plates -- Figures -- Index -- Word and Music Studies.