Eftychia Papanikolaou is associate professor of musicology at the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University.Markus Rathey is the Robert S. Tangeman Professor of Music History at Yale University and author of Theology, Music, and Modernity: Struggles for Freedom.

• ContentsIntroductionEftychia Papanikolaou and Markus RatheyReligion, Music, and the Romantic ImaginationChapter 1. Music for the “Cultured Despisers” of Religion: Schleiermacher on Singing in Churchand BeyondJoyce L. IrwinChapter 2. The Cross and the Wanderer: From the Sacred to the Secular in the Early NineteenthCenturyJoseph E. MorganChapter 3. The Sacred Looking Glass: Imaginative Children's Music as Syncretic NexusMatthew RoySacred and Secular Drama on the StageChapter 4. Reassessing Robert Schumann’s Motivations for Composing a Mass and RequiemSonja WermagerChapter 5. Spirituality and the Fugal Topos in the Secular Dramatic Works of Robert SchumannChristopher RuthChapter 6. Hieratic Iconoclasm: Liszt, Hanslick, and the Graner FestmesseEftychia PapanikolaouChapter 7. Sacred Moments in the Secular Dramatic Works of Arthur SullivanMatthew HochCounterpoint and Chorale in Instrumental MusicChapter 8. Redeeming Chamber Music: Experiencing Solace in Mendelssoh

“This fascinating set of essays digs deep into the complexities of religion’s intertwining with music during an era when so many fundamental questions about the human condition were being thrown to the surface and debated. A rich feast indeed.”