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Music in Contemporary Uk Funerals

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13627997
AutoresSue Adamson (autor correspondente), Margaret Holloway (0009-0005-8566-4643, University of Hull)
Ano2012
Volume65
Fascículo1
Páginas33-54
Data de publicação2012-06-05
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/om.65.1.c
PMID22852420
OpenAlexW2082456619
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas29

This article considers the role that music plays in contemporary UK funerals and the meaning that the funeral music has for bereaved families. It is based on findings from a recently completed study of 46 funerals funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council. Music contributes to the public ceremony and the personal existential quest of the bereaved. It is important to both the content and process of the contemporary funeral, an event of deep cultural significance in our response as individuals and communities to death and the loss of a significant relationship. There is evidence that for many people, the music chosen and used also evokes and conveys their spirituality. Spirituality may not be intrinsic to the music but spiritual experience may result from the meaning that the music has for that particular person

Aesthetics · Art · Ceremony · Existentialism · Meaning (existential · Political science · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Spirituality · The arts · Visual arts · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Law · Medicine · Music Therapy and Health · Psychology