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2011
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Katedra Muzykologii, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PTPN, Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Abstract
The text attempts to answer the question whether musicians need a philosophy
of music. The answer to the question of what music contributes to philosophy
– a question superordinate in relation to the investigations of the links between philosophy
and music – can be formulated clearly, since we find it in the texts of the most
prominent representatives of European philosophical thought, including Schopenhauer,
whose ideas are discussed in the paper. These issues are also discussed in literature
which explores philosophical issues, by such classics of the genre as Thomas
Mann and Herman Hesse, whose profound descriptions bring us closer to an understanding
of that which music does directly, by expressing spheres beyond words that
cannot be expressed otherwise than through music. Karl Popper regards polyphony as
the greatest discovery of European culture, and provides evidence of the closeness of
science and philosophy. These three levels of approaching the relationship between
philosophy and music lead to demonstrating the axiological essence of music, revealed
by performers, who make it possible for music to exist to the full in its sonority, unveiling
its metaphysical perfection to its listeners.
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philosophy of music, subjectivism, objectivism, authenticity, perfection, mass culture, higher values
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Interdisciplinary Studies in Musicology 10, 2011, pp. 183-189.
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1734-2406