Sacred Sound – Musical manifestations of the sacred between theory and practice

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The conference (originally scheduled 19 to 21 March, 2020) is postponed:
4 to 6 March 2021

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Fritsch, Institute for Photogrammetry, University of Stuttgart, 0711-685 83386, dieter.fritschspam prevention@ifp.uni-stuttgart.de; 3D-Imaging and Photogrammetrie

Dr. Jasmina Huber, Institute for Jewish Studies, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 0211-8114293, jhuberspam prevention@phil.hhu.de; Synagogal music in Ashkenazic and Sephardic aereas

Severin Parzinger, Philosophical-Theological University SVD St. Augustin, severin.parzingerspam prevention@googlemail.com; Indigenous musical culture of the missions of Chiquitanos, Bolivia

Priv. Doz. Dr. Wolfgang Vögele, University Heidelberg, Faculty of Theology, Insitute of Theology, 0721-33571557, wolfgangvoegele1spam prevention@googlemail.com; culture and theology of bells

Prof. Dr. Michael Vorländer, RWTH Aachen University, ITA – Institute of Technical Acoustics, 0241-8097985, mvospam prevention@akustik.rwth-aachen.de; auralization, virtual acoustics

Peter Gietz (M.A.), DAASI International Tübingen, Digital Humanities/(DARIAH-DE, TextGrid), 07071-407109-0, peter.gietzspam prevention@daasi.de

Dr. Matthias Lang, University of Tübingen, eScience-Center, coordinator, 07071-2972837, matthias.langspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

Dr. Anette Sidhu-Ingenhoff, SWR Studio Tübingen, Classical Musik/MusikGlobal, 07071-20938136, anette.sidhuspam prevention@swr.de

Dr. des. Mujadad Zaman, University of Tübingen, Center for Islamic Theology, 07071-2975389, mujadad.zamanspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de; Mysticism in Islamic religious culture

Scientific coordinator

Jörg Büchler M.A.

Schulberg 2 (Pfleghof)
D - 72070 Tübingen
Room 1.071

joerg.buechler@uni-tuebingen.de

+49 (0)7071 29-72343

Research assistant

Jannik Franz
jannik.franzspam prevention@student.uni-tuebingen.de

For almost all religions the musical dimension of sound represents an important factor. This is accompanied also regularly by a sacralisation of sound. While previous research mostly focused on separate factors of a single religion with attention only to either theory or practice, the current project intends to apply innovative interdisciplinary approaches and therefore includes foreign experts and methods of the digital humanities. The project concentrates on the sound phenomenon in itself beyond the conncetion to text, on interrelations between selected factors and on the different ways religions deal with their musical practice in the past as well as in current social discourses, and deduces three exemplary major fields of musical manifestations of the sacred: „A. Sacred Sound – Sacred Space“, B. „Tradition and change“ and C. „Communication with the transcendent“. Guiding principle for all studies is the differentiated view on both unifying and dividing aspects – beyond hasty judgements on similarities or incompatibilities. Research into the relationship of religions to music and art in the past and the present also offers a new chance for interreligious dialogue.

Research questions: How does interaction between architecture and interior of the sacred space on the one hand and sound on the other proceed; what is the relationship of various concepts concerning sacred space to their sociocultural constructions, to religious experiences and to liturgical forms.

Research questions: Presuppositions and processes that turn sound or musical expressions into sacred traditions, mechanisms of translation processes between different religious cultures and inside religous communities.

Resarch questions: Functions of sound as a medium of communication with the transcendent; vocal performance of sacred texts, functions of sound in considerations of magic aspects, semantics of acoustical generators of signals, reflections of such media functions in terms of theology, ritual theory, musical history and musical performance within various religions.