WHAT IS THE MEANING OF MUSIC? THEORETICAL INSIGHTS AND PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS
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WAS HEIßT, MUSIK ZU VERSTEHEN? THEORETISCHE EINSICHTEN UND PRAKTISCHE EMPFEHLUNGEN EINER LEBENSWELTORIENTIERTEN ÄSTHETISCHEN HERMENEUTIK
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF MUSIC? THEORETICAL INSIGHTS AND PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS WORLD BASED ON AESTHETIC HERMENEUTICS

Author(s): KARL EHRENFORTH
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Music, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Special Branches of Philosophy, Cultural Essay, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pomorskiej w Słupsku
Keywords: musical hermeneutics; didactic interpretation; music understanding; life-world oriented; aesthetic hermeneutics; music education

Summary/Abstract: The author argues that music should not be mediated as a scientifically reduced objectto amateurs and students, but as a message for the listener. Music is not a kind of strange“thing”, but a “virtually-you”, and looks for a dialogue with everybody who listens to it. Music claims: “I mean you! I’m talking about you! I want to talk to you”! Not only is music sound and structure, but a life lived as a reflection of sounds. It is the shape in which the dialogue with music finds its sustenance. The author examines one of the time-honored musical forms – the rondo – to demonstrate his view. From a historical perspective, the rondo is a round-song, which plays an important role in our daily lives. With its typical contrast between what is already known (chorus) and new elements (couplet), the rondo reflects our different experiences of time: time as a line (time of day) and time as a circle (circle of celebration). This article offers an insight into the theme of live of the author: hermeneutics as the science of understanding, here is the music.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 43-51
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: German
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