Faith Basis and Musical Understanding
Recently there has been discussion by a
limited number of philosophers concerning faith as a basis for the development
of a music philosophy. A much larger
number of philosophers have not even made casual mention of faith based music
philosophy. They have been occupied with
the argument about whether real life understanding can or cannot be gained
through music listening and performing.
Some of the ancients believed that music had great
power and meaning. Some of them believed that music could influence the morals
and ethics of the performer and listener.
As the discipline of music philosophy developed over the centuries,
there was often among music philosophers a connection between religion and
philosophic reasoning. Over the centuries, music philosophers have been divided
in their opinions of whether religious faith basis was necessary or was even a
reasonable option in the development of a music philosophy.
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