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Twenty-first-century monastic communities represent unique social environments in which music plays an integral part. This book examines the role of music in Catholic, Anglican/Episcopalian and neo-monastic communities in Britain and North America, engaging closely with communities of practice to provide a penetrating insight into the role of music in self-care and as a vector for identity construction on both individual and community levels. The author explores the essential role of music in community dynamics, the rationale for using instruments, the implications of both chant-based and freestyle composition, gender-related differences in musical activity, the role of dance (‘music made visible’) in community life, the commodification of monastic music, the ‘Singing Nun’ phenomenon and the role of music in established and emerging neo-monastic communities. The result is a comprehensive and compelling study of the agency of music in the construction and expression of personal and community identity.

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Author:   Amanda J. Haste
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781032441795

ISBN 10:   1032441798
Pages:   173
Publication Date:   06 May 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION CURRENT LITERATURE ABOUT THE AUTHOR TERMINOLOGY Chant Modal language Monastic Life WORKS CITED 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 WORKS CITED 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 WORKS CITED 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 WORKS CITED 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 WORKS CITED 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 WORKS CITED 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 WORKS CITED 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 WORKS CITED 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 WORKS CITED 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 Taizé 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 WORKS CITED CONCLUSION INDEX

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Amanda J. Haste is an Anglo-French musician, musicologist, linguist and independent researcher, whose published work focuses on identity construction through music and language. She teaches in the music department of Aix-Marseille University, France, and until 2022 also served as president of the international non-profit National Coalition of Independent Scholars.

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