Cobussen (Leiden U., The Netherlands) considers the mutual relationship between music and spirituality, describing it as a threshold, or place on the border that is the space between one and
the other. He examines the ideas of spirituality through different musical sites and how music can spark a rethinking of the spiritual that in turn opens up different ways to think about music.
He considers the relationship through concepts such as stories, the role of language, the use of silence in music, and Adorno's theory of listening, as well as the advent of the contemporary
movement of New Spiritual Music and the spiritual experience of the creative artist. Along the way he discusses works by Robert Schumann, John Coltrane, and Arvo P瓣rt, as well as Jesus Christ
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