Effects on Aesthetic Sensitivity of Developing Perception of Musical Expressiveness

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ID10201129
AuthorsJames A Standifer (Temple University, corresponding author)
Year1970
Volume18
Issue2
Pages112-125
Publication date1970-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Research in Music Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4294 • E-ISSN: 1945-0095
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/3344264
OpenAlexW2041166881
LanguageEN
Citations received3

AESTHETIC SENSITIVITY is the ability to have aesthetic experiences. That is, it is the ability (1) to perceive the artistic content of works of art, and (2) to react feelingfully to this content. There are several striking and important facts about this ability. First of all, it is an ability. Because of the subjective and ineffable quality of the aesthetic experience, it has been thought by many people at variou6 times in history that aesthetic sensitivity was some sort of gift-a mystical kind of endowment which some people just naturally had and others did not have. This idea can be safely discarded. Everzr normal human being has some measure of aesthetic sensitivity. And while there is little doubt that the degree of sensitivity varies from person to person, there is also little doubt that for every person sensitiveness to the artistic content of works of art can be nurtured, developed, refined, deepened. In other words, aesthetic sensitivity can in large measure be taught.1

Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive psychology · Musical · Perception · Pitch perception · Sensitivity (control systems · Visual arts · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Color perception and design · Communication · Engineering · Neuroscience · Psychology

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