REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF MUSIC IN DIFFERENT STYLISTIC STAGES. THE UTILITY OF MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Cover Image

REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF MUSIC IN DIFFERENT STYLISTIC STAGES. THE UTILITY OF MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF MUSIC IN DIFFERENT STYLISTIC STAGES. THE UTILITY OF MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Author(s): Ioana Luminiţa Gorea
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: music; art; use; historical era; style; effects; benefits; trends; twenty-first century.

Summary/Abstract: The utility of the sound phenomenon in the twenty-first century in the raw form of sound or as art of music is reflected more and more in the daily activities, as the sound and the word, separately or together, have an increasingly stronger impact over the masses, through the multiple forms in which they are employed. In all historical periods music reflected the mentality of people, but not every musical expression was elevated to the status of art, which is easy to notice if every stylistic stages taken in retrospect, from the Middle Ages to the present day. The stylistic pluralism, which was manifest in the last century in music, reveals the facets of our society and the crossroads of the musical art from the beginning of this century, catching a glimpse upon possible lines of development.

  • Issue Year: 61/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 103-114
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English