The Beautiful in Music (Classic Reprint): A Contribution to the Revisal of Musical Aesthetics: A Contribution to the Revisal of Musical Aesthetics (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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What makes music truly beautiful isn’t the feelings it stirs, but the way its sounds are built.

This classic work explores how beauty in music arises from its own structures, not from external ideas or mere emotional representation. It argues for an objective standard of musical beauty and shows how themes, form, and development drive our experience of a composition.

In thoughtful, accessibly written chapters, Hanslick contrasts music with language, mathematics, and the visual arts to reveal what is unique about musical beauty. He explains how a thème functions as the true core of a piece, and how form and substance inseparably shape each other. The book also addresses common myths about music’s purpose, offering a clear, practical framework for listening with a musician’s ear.
What you’ll experience

• A clear distinction between musical form and subject, and how they interplay
• A practical framework for evaluating beauty in a composition
• Explanations of why music’s value goes beyond feelings or narrative
• A historical perspective on debates about what music can and should express

Ideal for readers of music theory, aesthetics, and anyone curious about what makes music beautiful.

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