Singing / Embodiment / Resonance (original) (raw)

International Handbook of Practical Theology

Singingisabasic mode of human expression. The sound of anursed baby is aform of singing. Children spend much of their time at school and at home singing. And manya dults sing,a lone or in ac hoir,j ust for fun or at ap rofessional level. Everybodyl istens to singingv oices in different styles-on the radio, online or during live concerts. But what are people doing when they sing?How do they experience singing and what is its effect?W hat is the significance of singingi nr eligious contexts like worship?I si tp ossible to identify ar eligious significance of singinge veni nanon-religious context,l ike af ootball match in as tadium? In the following chapter,wepresent and analyse three cases of singingindifferent religious situations and modes. Then, we deepen central aspects by referringt o relevant theories. In the last part,weconclude with the central insights for research and teachingi nt he field of Practical Theology. 2C ases of ReligiousS inging and Analyses 2.1 The Singing Parish of Pitasch 2.1.1 Case 1 When parishioners of the Reformed Church of Pitasch sing,they still sing the old reformedf our-part chorales. Pitasch is as mall village in the ValL ugnez high in the Swiss mountains. The parishoners' choiri ss mall as well. There are just ah andful of voices supporting the singing duringS undaym orning worship. The chorales are performed ac apella. There is no organ in the little chapel. Four-part singingh as a long and important tradition not onlyi nP itasch but also in the whole ValL ugnez. The surroundingSurselva is primarily Catholic. Perhaps the conservation of this custom is partlydue to adifferent liturgicaland church tradition from the surroundings, and an attempt to cultivateaReformed spiritual identity.Inany case, the tradition of four-part singingi sw ell practiced. The singers do not have to tediouslyr ead their part in the hymnbook-they know it by heart.The principal of the council of the elders begins the singing. The pastor is onlypermitted to lead the chorales if the principal is absent(Plüss 2015). OpenAccess. ©2 022D avid Plüss and Dorothea Haspelmath-Finatti, published by De Gruyter. This work is licensed under the Creative CommonsA ttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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