Creeds, cultures and the 'witchery of music'.

From: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute | Date: June 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Frazer's brief excursus on the 'witchery of music' is the starting-point for a discussion of the role of music in the eastern Orthodox (Byzantine) and western Roman Catholic (Latin) Christian traditions, with reference to a region of central Europe where these traditions have co-existed for more than a thousand years. The Greek Catholic Church provides a case of syncretism within one and the same religion. This 'hybrid' Church has complicated the religious landscape since it first appeared on the scene in this region in the late sixteenth century, but it has not substantially modified the ...

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