Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2020 13 (6)

Authors

Seibert, Andrey Yu.

Contact information

Seibert, Andrey Yu.: Dmitri Hvorostovsky Krasnoyarsk State Academy of Arts Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 000-0002-3906-5632

Keywords

Requiem; church genre; religious music; philosophy; death

Abstract

The article deals with the Requiem genre and its evolution in the context of a philosophical worldview through various historical periods of human development. The basis for this is the periodization proposed by V.V. Mineev, which reflects different attitudes to death in the process of evolution of philosophical and scientific thought. Views of the public consciousness concerning the issues of death resonate not only with philosophical reasoning and scientific works, but also with works of art. In the field of music, this is particularly evident in the genre of Requiem, which produces immediate response to social change. The author traces the transformation of ideas about death from superstitious – fantastic nature to medical justification of death, its treatment and prevention. The Requiem originated within the walls of the Catholic Church as a cult genre, capable of instilling religious fear in parishioners. Over time, it has freed itself from prejudice and gradually accumulated not only the memories of a particular deceased person who, but also the recollections about all mankind. The latter trait manifests itself in a departure from the Latin text and images of the Last Judgment, as well as in introducing secular texts into the spiritual genre

Pages

945–950

DOI

10.17516/1997-1370-0617

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/135370

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