Abstract
Augustine knew well the power of music. Remembering the days following his baptism, he writes, "The tears flowed from me when I heard your hymns and canticles, for the sweet singing of your Church moved me deeply. The music surged in my ears, truth seeped into my heart, and my feelings of devotion overflowed, so that the tears streamed down. But they were tears of gladness." Augustine writes how during a time of persecution, Ambrose introduced hymn and psalm singing to the church at Milan "to revive the flagging spirits of the people during their long and cheerless watch."
Recommended Citation
Fischer, Marilyn
(1994)
"Music’s Proper Place in Augustine’s de Musica ,"
University of Dayton Review: Vol. 22:
No.
3, Article 22.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/udr/vol22/iss3/22
Comments
Issue contains the subject matter of the 1994 Philosophy Colloquium, which had the theme "Augustine on Human Goodness: Metaphysics, Ethics and Politics." It was held April 7-9, 1994.