This study examines the possibility of offering a
course in aesthetics in graduate music schools for
performance major students.While the training of
musicians traditionally embraces three curricular
domains:applied music,music history and music
theory,this study proposes adding a fourth domain
to these means of acquiring artistic knowledge.i.e.
philosophy.The study presents a discussion of the
role of aesthetic education in training future
musicians.It aspires to promote more serious
attention,in the higher education music
world,to aesthetic issues such as searching for
meaning in music,examining interrelationships among
various art forms,contemplating the role of art in
the society,detecting the nuances of aesthetic
categories and exploring symbolism and mysticism in
music.The study offers seven lectures intended for
use in a course in aesthetics.Although the study
does not purport to cover all issues encompassed in
the field of aesthetics,it presents a comprehensive
introductory document to the field of aesthetics
designed for music students, holding,as primary
goal, an argument against the notion of music as an
autonomous phenomenon.
course in aesthetics in graduate music schools for
performance major students.While the training of
musicians traditionally embraces three curricular
domains:applied music,music history and music
theory,this study proposes adding a fourth domain
to these means of acquiring artistic knowledge.i.e.
philosophy.The study presents a discussion of the
role of aesthetic education in training future
musicians.It aspires to promote more serious
attention,in the higher education music
world,to aesthetic issues such as searching for
meaning in music,examining interrelationships among
various art forms,contemplating the role of art in
the society,detecting the nuances of aesthetic
categories and exploring symbolism and mysticism in
music.The study offers seven lectures intended for
use in a course in aesthetics.Although the study
does not purport to cover all issues encompassed in
the field of aesthetics,it presents a comprehensive
introductory document to the field of aesthetics
designed for music students, holding,as primary
goal, an argument against the notion of music as an
autonomous phenomenon.