A History of Western Musical AestheticsAmong the fine arts music has always held a paramount position. "Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul", wrote Plato. From the "music of the spheres" of Pythagoras to the "Future Music" of Wagner, from churches, courts, cathedrals, and concert halls to amateur recitals, military marches, and electronic records, music has commanded the perpetual attention of every civilization in history. This book follows through the centuries the debates about the place and function of music, the perceived role of music as a good or bad influence on the development of character, as a magical art or a domestic entertainment, and as a gateway to transcendental truths. Edward Lippman describes the beginnings of musical tradition in the myths and philosophies of antiquity. He shows how music theory began to take on new dimensions and intensity in the seventeenth century, how musical aesthetics was specifically defined and elaborated in the eighteenth century, and how, by the nineteenth century, music became the standard by which other arts were judged. The twentieth century added problems, pressure, and theories as music continued to diversify and as cultures viewed each other with more respect. |
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... object judged belongs to art rather than nature - will also entail concepts , for in art " we realize a preconceived concept of any object which is a purpose of ours " ( p . 29 ) . After the fundamental introduction of the Critik , Kant ...
... object judged belongs to art rather than nature - will also entail concepts , for in art " we realize a preconceived concept of any object which is a purpose of ours " ( p . 29 ) . After the fundamental introduction of the Critik , Kant ...
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... object - produces a great variety of judgments . But enthusiasm and criticism are equally beside the point ; they are not properly involved in aesthetic judgment or in aesthetic . perception . The determination of the nature of the ...
... object - produces a great variety of judgments . But enthusiasm and criticism are equally beside the point ; they are not properly involved in aesthetic judgment or in aesthetic . perception . The determination of the nature of the ...
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... object . In simple perception and in clear thought , for example , there is an active intentionality directed to a defi- nite object as well as a tendency to grasp the true constitution of this object and to transform its in - itself ...
... object . In simple perception and in clear thought , for example , there is an active intentionality directed to a defi- nite object as well as a tendency to grasp the true constitution of this object and to transform its in - itself ...
Contents
Harmonic and Ethical Views | 3 |
THE EMERGENCE OF AESTHETIC ISSUES | 17 |
Music as a Fine Art | 19 |
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