Reverend Professor June Boyce-Tillman MBE
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Grace and tradition: spiritualities in cathedral music
Abstract
This article examines the place of cathedral music in a secularizing world which is developing a range of spiritualities (which will be explored). It will explore notions of identity, meaning-making, ritual, the concert/liturgy division and inclusivity; these will be examined in the light of a phenomenography of the musical experience. It will include small case studies of lived experience. It will interrogate the complexities in the interrelationship between the past, the present and the future and the potential role of grace in guiding these interactions.
