What is a Music Philosophy? Part 1

What is a Music Philosophy? Part 1 

           What is a music philosophy?  It is a series of systematic beliefs concerning the nature, value and meaning of the whole of music.  What is a Christ-centered philosophy of music?  It is a series of systematic beliefs (statements) concerning the nature, value and meaning of the whole of music in which Christ has preeminence—thus we use the term Christocentric music philosophy.  

           Christ’s teachings are at the center of this philosophy which is the antithesis of a humanistic music philosophy where man is the center of all philosophic endeavors.  If we are going to keep God at the center of our beliefs concerning the nature, value and meaning of all of music endeavor, then we must, as Colossians 2:8 warns, “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.” (NIV)