Why
Develop a Philosophy of Music?
A
Christian musician’s worldview and, as a concomitant of this view the
musician’s musical worldview, will shape that individual’s music philosophy. The way that a musician perceives music’s
place and importance in education, church, home, and community will
determine what he or she considers the reality of the nature and value of the
whole of music. Christian musicians cannot develop their music philosophy
beyond how they view music in the larger pictures of church, home, and community.
Often
what musicians say they believe about music and how they actually music
are somewhat different. This disparity is generally caused by the musician’s worldview of music and, based on the reality of that view, what the musician believes music will or will not do to the whole life of a Christian. Furthermore, based on the notion many Christians have, that music is not capable of harming a Christian spiritually, a Christian musician’s worldview may become clouded by skewed perception and thereby cause the development of a false view of music’s power to affect the whole life of a Christian.
are somewhat different. This disparity is generally caused by the musician’s worldview of music and, based on the reality of that view, what the musician believes music will or will not do to the whole life of a Christian. Furthermore, based on the notion many Christians have, that music is not capable of harming a Christian spiritually, a Christian musician’s worldview may become clouded by skewed perception and thereby cause the development of a false view of music’s power to affect the whole life of a Christian.
Music Philosophy in Christian Perspective, by Garen L. Wolf, Schmul Publishing Co. 2018, p.41.
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