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Hace 6 días · Plato discussed music as part of the training of the emotions of the Guardians of society in his book The Republic (380 BC). He thought Lydian and Ionian harmonies ought to be banned because they express sorrow and relaxation respectively. Only Dorian and Phrygian harmonies are to be allowed, because these express courage and temperance.
15 de dic. de 2020 · In principle, music theory and philosophy are close allies, both trying to understand the fundamental issues of music. In practice, however, a deep rift has remained ever since the time of Aristotle and Aristoxenus. Rather than present a survey, this chapter focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when the foundations were laid for ...
15 de dic. de 2020 · This Handbook offers an overview of the thriving interdisciplinary field of Western music and philosophy. It seeks to represent this area in all its fullness, including a diverse array of perspectives from music studies (notably historical musicology, music theory, and ethnomusicology), philosophy (incorporating both analytic and continental ...
13 de jul. de 2021 · This entry examines the development of Western philosophy of music from Greek Antiquity to the end of the eighteenth century. Subsequent developments are covered by the entry on history of western philosophy of music: since 1800. Aesthetic concerns remain in the background of Western philosophical thinking on music until the early modern period.
Music and Philosophy. The discipline of philosophy is an old and revered one. The earliest philosophers contemplated every aspect of our existence, always attempting to come to some better understanding of it. Gradually, their questions began to be taken up by others, specialists concerned with just one aspect of our existence.
Music played a central role in the thought of existentialist philosopher Gabriel Marcel (1889-1973). One of the most tantalizing claims he made was in a set of conversations with Paul Ricoeur. Employing a geographic metaphor, he claimed that philosophy was the continent of his work while his plays formed the off-shore islands; but what was deepest was music as the water that conjoins the two.
Philosophy of Music. Explore our thematic issue on the philosophy of music; articles are free to read online until the end of December 2018. In this paper, we contest Peter Kivy's claim that there is a clear opposition between 'absolute music' and programme music and between musical form and musical expressiveness.
