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Music: Music is a form of art that organizes sound in time and space. The physical parameters amplitude and frequency control the sensual qualities pitch and volume. Tone colors are formed by superpositions of partials, chords by superposition of different pitches. Durations are another parameter. Experiential dimensions correspond to the physical parameters.
See also Art, Artworks, Aesthetics, Aesthetic experience._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Arthur Schopenhauer on Music - Dictionary of Arguments
Pfotenhauer IV 45 Music/Schopenhauer: Schopenhauer sees the idea of the return of individuals and the isolated will in the unity of nature, orchestrated by music, as the culmination of the imaginable. >Will, >Individuals, >Nature, >Unity, >Conceivability. NietzscheVsSchopenhauer: admits this, but only "completely detached from the greed of the will, pure unadulterated sun eye (...)" (F. Nietzsche, Die Geburt der Tragödie, KGW Kritische Gesamtausgabe III, 1. p. 47). >Music/Nietzsche, >Will/Nietzsche._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Pfot I Helmut Pfotenhauer Die Kunst als Physiologie. Nietzsches ästhetische Theorie und literarische Produktion. Stuttgart 1985 |