The Notion of an Imaginary Space in Music: Interpreting Mozart's Requiem in Liturgical, Denominational, and Secular Contexts

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The Notion of an Imaginary Space in Music : Interpreting Mozart's Requiem in Liturgical, Denominational, and Secular Contexts. / Petersen, Nils Holger.

In-visibility: Reflections upon Visibility and Transcendence in Theology, Philosophy and the Arts. ed. / Anna Vind; Iben Damgaard; Kirsten Busch Nielsen; Sven Rune Havsteen. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020. p. 339 - 359 (Refo500 Academic Studies, Vol. 18).

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Harvard

Petersen, NH 2020, The Notion of an Imaginary Space in Music: Interpreting Mozart's Requiem in Liturgical, Denominational, and Secular Contexts. in A Vind, I Damgaard, KB Nielsen & SR Havsteen (eds), In-visibility: Reflections upon Visibility and Transcendence in Theology, Philosophy and the Arts. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, Refo500 Academic Studies, vol. 18, pp. 339 - 359.

APA

Petersen, N. H. (2020). The Notion of an Imaginary Space in Music: Interpreting Mozart's Requiem in Liturgical, Denominational, and Secular Contexts. In A. Vind, I. Damgaard, K. B. Nielsen, & S. R. Havsteen (Eds.), In-visibility: Reflections upon Visibility and Transcendence in Theology, Philosophy and the Arts (pp. 339 - 359). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Refo500 Academic Studies Vol. 18

Vancouver

Petersen NH. The Notion of an Imaginary Space in Music: Interpreting Mozart's Requiem in Liturgical, Denominational, and Secular Contexts. In Vind A, Damgaard I, Nielsen KB, Havsteen SR, editors, In-visibility: Reflections upon Visibility and Transcendence in Theology, Philosophy and the Arts. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. 2020. p. 339 - 359. (Refo500 Academic Studies, Vol. 18).

Author

Petersen, Nils Holger. / The Notion of an Imaginary Space in Music : Interpreting Mozart's Requiem in Liturgical, Denominational, and Secular Contexts. In-visibility: Reflections upon Visibility and Transcendence in Theology, Philosophy and the Arts. editor / Anna Vind ; Iben Damgaard ; Kirsten Busch Nielsen ; Sven Rune Havsteen. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020. pp. 339 - 359 (Refo500 Academic Studies, Vol. 18).

Bibtex

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