Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Another belated defense of worn-out humanism or a belief in Music's spiritual, intellectual and social dimension?
"To come to terms with the fact that music is not just a game of sound but that it has a broad mental, spiritual and social dimension. Thirty years ago, musicology was similar to that period's music, targeting exclusively a few specialists. The study was only concerned with the works' structure. There were historical reasons behind this, yet I find it devastating, as it alienated it from its core subject, which is music, the art of the soul, the art of feeling. Whatever music we come up with, we are expressing human nature. I believe that the future of musicology lies in interdisciplinary research, including philosophy, art and psychology."
¶ 11/12/2003 08:23:00 AM
"To come to terms with the fact that music is not just a game of sound but that it has a broad mental, spiritual and social dimension. Thirty years ago, musicology was similar to that period's music, targeting exclusively a few specialists. The study was only concerned with the works' structure. There were historical reasons behind this, yet I find it devastating, as it alienated it from its core subject, which is music, the art of the soul, the art of feeling. Whatever music we come up with, we are expressing human nature. I believe that the future of musicology lies in interdisciplinary research, including philosophy, art and psychology."
¶ 11/12/2003 08:23:00 AM
