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Hans Urs von Balthasar i jego rozważania muzyczno-teologiczne
Hans Urs von Balthasar and his Musical and Theological Considerations

Author(s): Małgorzata Górna
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Music, Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: Hans Urs von Balthasar; piękno; dobro; muzyka; religia; rytm; medlodia; forma

Summary/Abstract: Music, according to Hans Urs von Balthasar, can most reach human’s emotions. Artreflects our greatness and weakness. In a theologist’s opinion it is God, who breathedart into human’s souls, it is the greatest gift which man received from God. The role ofan artist should be to serve others. On the one hand music tries to find a form of a metaphysicaldimension, on the other it expresses things which are low and conceivable. Inmusic, as it is in religion, man becomes touched by what is invisible. Beauty present in theworld and in human’s works leads to the discovery of God’s source.

  • Issue Year: 13/2015
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 169-178
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish