Draft History of Western Music Aesthetics

Author: He Qiansan
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: The history of music aesthetics is an important part of music aesthetics research and also a fundamental theoretical discipline in music studies. The Draft of the History of Western Music Aesthetics compiled by Professor He Qiansan, a musicologist, covers and organizes Western aesthetic thoughts from the 5th century AD in ancient Greece to the 19th-century Romanticism. It is noteworthy that the research on music psychology by psychologists has enriched the literature of music aesthetics, such as the works of Fechner, Lipps, Prout, and Otto. It should also be mentioned that many poets, writers, and artists, in addition to philosophers and musicians, have made extensive and vivid discussions on music, such as Tolstoy, Balzac, and Romain Rolland. This book can serve as both a textbook for Western music aesthetics courses in higher art colleges and a reference book for researchers and learners in various music theory disciplines.