A essência da música é a interiorização do cosmos: sobre a experiência musical em Agostinho de Hipona

Abstract

Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD) was an important Father of the Late Antiquity and Beginning of the Middle Ages. His writings dare to address many topics, but they always revolve around a single objective: to speak about God. Ascesis is a theme of paramount importance in Augustinian reflection and its most striking trait is the role of material things for the purpose of fruiting the Supreme Good. For the people of Hippo, reason - part of the soul - helps Man on the vocational path of asceticism towards the giver of his existence. The ascetic practice has been experienced since the first Christians and this research intends to perpetrate music as part of this realization. Thus, the chapters that comprise this research deal with the articulation of Augustine's thought with his time and the possibility of using music as an ascetic path. The objective of this investigation is to demonstrate the fundamental points between Augustinian philosophy and theology that are not related to musical asceticism. As it is a fundamental part of the religious rite, music was and is used for this purpose. In Augustine's period, music was used for the propagation of faith, as it collaborated in cultivating a relationship with God. Three chapters take place in this research, following the structure: prelude, first movement and second movement. Finally, it should be said that the research was partially subsidized by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), through the granting of a scholarship