The Reinvention of Religious Music: Olivier Messiaen's Breakthrough Toward the Beyond

Contents

Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. It Is a Glistening Music We Seek 13 2. Five Times Breakthrough 37 3. Balthasar and the Religion of Music 61 4. The Gift of Dazzlement 89 5. The Technics of Breakthrough 126 6. The Circumcision of the Ear 158 Epilogue: On Affirmation 179 Notes 181 Bibliography 221 vii ...