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In this volume, the first panoramic study of music in the apocalyptic mode, an international and trans-disciplinary array of scholars and composers explore the resonance of the ancient biblical Revelation of John across the centuries in musical works as diverse as <i>El Cant de la Sibil-la</i>, the <i>Dies Irae</i>, cantatas and oratorios by Bach and Telemann, Wagner's <i>Der Ring des Nibelungen</i>, Schoenberg's <i>Second String Quartet</i>, African American Spirituals, Messiaen's <i>Quatuor pour la fin du temps</i>, Christian "ApokRock," Hip-hop, Grimes's album <i>Miss Anthropocene</i>, and the songs of Bob Marley and Bob Dylan. This innovative volume will engage scholars, students, and all those interested in the intersection of music, religion, history, and popular culture.