Sense and Sensation in Music

Bibliographic Data

ID23746293
AuthorsArmand D’Angour (0000-0002-3466-2542, corresponding author), Armand D'Angour
Year2015
Pages188-203
Publication date2015-05-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeOTHER
VenueA Companion to Ancient Aesthetics (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781119009795.ch12
OpenAlexW1530946490
ISBN9781119009795
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited18

This chapter aims to elicit ways in which ancient listeners, principally those of Classical Greek times, responded aesthetically to music. Ancient terms for aesthetic responses lack complexity, and the philosophical tendency is to think of mousikē in terms of its ethical effects. It is argued that this stems largely from the associations of mousikē with textual meaning. A distinction must therefore be drawn between the ancient term mousikē and our term “music.” This leads to a discussion of different elements of musical sound in antiquity (principally rhythms, melodies, and instrumental execution), how these may be accessed by the modern listener, and aesthetic issues that arise in relation to them.

Aesthetics · Art · Citation · Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Melody · Musical · Period (music) · Relation (database) · Sensation · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology