Verzaubertes Hören - Das Zusammenwirken von Musik- und Wortsprache als Zeichen gottesdienstlicher Polyphonie

A church service is concerned with the renewal of life. Thus art, e.g. music, plays a central role: it gives scope to deal with different perspectives on life and reaches beyond every-day experience to transcendental experience. In its own way, music achieves the objective at which the gospel of the crucifixion and resurrection aims: the worshiping community is 'enchanted' into becoming alive and human. The model of incantation demonstrates how music and words can combine in liturgy to achieve this goal.


Beatrice Kunz Pfeiffer, Schaffhausen, Schweiz.