Gurdjieff and Music : The Gurdjieff/de Hartmann Piano Music and Its Esoteric Significance.

Intro -- Gurdjieff and Music: The Gurdjieff/de Hartmann Piano Music and Its Esoteric Significance -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Music Definitions and Abbreviations of Texts -- Notes to the Reader -- List of QR Codes -- Introduction -- 1 Gurdjieff, His Music and Teaching -- 2 Music in the Biography of Gurdjieff -- 3 Music in the Biography of de Hartmann -- 4 The Collaboration -- 5 Sources and Styles -- 6 Sheet Music and Recordings -- 7 The Piano Music, Gurdjieff's Cosmology and Views on Art -- 8 Three Purposes of the Piano Music in Light of Gurdjieff's Life Circumstances and Esoteric Teaching -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: The Movements and Music for Movements -- Appendix B: The Struggle of the Magicians -- Appendix C: The Harmonium Music -- Appendix D: Chronological Order of Compositions -- Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of Key Pupils -- Bibliography -- Index.

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 Petsche draws on a range of unpublished materials and data from original field research to critically situate and assess this music within its socio-cultural and unique religio-spiritual.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.