Aesthetics in Graduate Music Schools

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.

Autorentext
Dr.Chaden Yafi, pianist: Earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Boston University's College of Fine Arts where she was a recipient of the Dean's Award Scholarship. A former faculty member at Tufts University and Brookline School of Music in Boston, she is currently Artist-in-Residence at the Opera House in Damascus, Syria.

Klappentext
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.