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Author Petsche, Johanna J. M

Title Gurdjieff and music : the Gurdjieff/de Hartmann piano music and its esoteric significance / by Johanna J.M. Petsche
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Aries Book Series
Aries book series.
Contents Gurdjieff, his music and teaching -- Music in the biography of Gurdjieff -- Music in the biography of de Hartmann -- The collaboration -- Sources and styles -- Sheet music and recordings -- The piano music, Gurdjieff 's cosmology and views on art -- Three purposes of the piano music in light of Gurdjieff's life circumstances and esoteric teaching
Summary In Gurdjieff and Music Johanna Petsche examines the large and diverse body of piano music produced by Armenian-Greek spiritual teacher G.I. Gurdjieff (c.1866-1949) in collaboration with his devoted pupil Thomas de Hartmann (1885-1956). Petsche draws on a range of unpublished materials and data from original field research to critically situate and assess this music within its socio-cultural and unique religio-spiritual
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949. Piano music.
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949.
Hartmann, Thomas de, 1885-1956.
SUBJECT Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949 fast
Hartmann, Thomas de, 1885-1956 fast
Piano music (Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch) fast
Subject MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Piano & Keyboard.
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Percussion.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004284449
9004284443