Journal Article

Isaac of Antioch’s Organ and the Media of Musical Subjects

Peers, Glenn

2018

نظرة عامة

This article examines an unstudied text by Isaac of Antioch (active latter half fifth century), in which he described a raucous festival in Antioch, filled with music and revelry. Isaac ruminated on the near-human, near-sentient qualities of musical instruments, and their subjecthood emerged strongly in relation to humans’ in his philosophical memra. At dawn one morning, Isaac was awakened by a water organ, which dictated to Isaac the psalmody for that morning. This article argues for Isaac’s rich exploration of relational mingling of humans, instruments and Psalms, that revealed a milieu of intersubjective richness before God.

• الناشر: Johns Hopkins University Press
• موضوع: 400-499 / Christian poetry, Syriac / Christian writers / festivals / Historical text analysis / Human subjects / Hydraulic organ / Isaac / Isaac of Antioch(d. ca. 460) / Monks / Music / Musical instruments / of Antioch / prose / Sound / Syriac language literature / West Asian literature