In Gurdjieff and Music Johanna Petsche examines the large and diverse body of piano music produced by Armenian-Greek spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff (c.1866-1949) in collaboration with his devoted pupil Thomas de Hartmann (1885-1956). Petsche draws on a range of unpublished materials and data from original field research to critically situate and assess this music within its socio-cultural and unique religio-spiritual

Johanna J. M. Petsche, Ph.D. (2013), University of Sydney, has lectured at the University of Sydney and Australian Catholic University. She has published many articles and book chapters on topics that involve Gurdjieff, Theosophy, Keith Jarrett, and Discordianism.