Since we have asserted that the Christian
musician must submit a music aesthetic to the Lordship of Christ, we should
make some brief explanation of what is meant by the term music aesthetic. In
the study of the aesthetics of music, one must define very clearly what music
aesthetics really is. A standard
definition of aesthetics may be explained as a set of principles concerned with
the nature and appreciation of beauty in all of the fine arts. Because of this
universally known understanding of what aesthetics means, musicians must
understand that the study of the aesthetics of music traditionally deals with
beauty in music rather than its popularity, usefulness, or utilitarian aspects.
Music composition is the result of the
composer or arranger’s organizing sounds and silences into a musical thought or
congruent whole so as to arouse emotions in the listener and performer in order
to elicit some kind of intended response inside of the hearer. In some cases
this response will hopefully be an aesthetic experience within the listener and
performer’s mind. What happens covertly inside of the hearer may or may not
result in an overt response.
These organized sound colors which
are the result of combinations of vocal and or instrumental sounds produced
from rhythms, melodies, and harmonies that are aesthetically pleasing or
harmonious sounding to the listener are considered to be music. Combinations that negate the musical
elements of the combination of sounds and silences produced from rhythms,
melodies and harmonies are considered anti-music. Although the result of this anti-music may
have much shock value and therefore have some sort of value, either negative or
positive, it is still considered philosophically anti-music.
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