RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY AND MUSIC: SEEING THE RELIGIOUS EMOTIONS IN GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN ART SONGS FROM BACH AND GOUNOD'S "AVE MARIA"

Abstract

This article sheds light on the relationship between religious philosophy and music to emphasize the formulation of religious emotions in art songs. This study's theoretical framework is based on the "Theory of Religious Philosophy and Music" Using these concepts, this paper explores the religious feelings associated with German and Austrian Art Songs by Bach and Gounod's "Ave Maria." The religious emotions of connectedness with God, serenity and love, faith in the heavens and angels, and the assistance of Christ and the Virgin Mary in "Ave Maria" are ultimately a means of bridging music and religious philosophy