Aesthetic Experiences
with Music
Some music
philosophers believe that those who are not knowledgeable concerning a style of
music being performed are able to have aesthetic experiences with the
music. As a matter of fact, the MEAE
(music education as aesthetic education) movement purports that aesthetic
experiences should be one of the major goals of music education. Praxialists doubt whether students who are
not knowledgeable musically can have an aesthetic experience with music. Praxialists
also question how often those who are musically knowledgeable actually have
aesthetic experiences with music and musicing. So, there is no general agreement among music
philosophies about aesthetic musical experiences.
There
is general agreement among music philosophers that some people who perform
music or experience musicing are capable of having aesthetic experiences at
least part of the time. Therefore, the
Christian musician cannot ignore the philosophical issues that surround
aesthetic experiences. So, all Christian
musicians need to consider if and how aesthetic experiences with music do or do
not affect sacred musicing.
Thought
for the Day
Christians
who ignore aesthetics must somehow believe that if they ignore this phenomena
it will go away or at least that effect that aesthetic experiences will not
affect them and the people they minister too musically.
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