Full Description
The Western history of aesthetics is characterised by tension between theory and practice. Musicians listen, play, and then listen more profoundly in order to play differently, adapt the body, and sense the environment. They become deeply involved in the sensorial qualities of music practice. Artistic practice refers to the original meaning of aesthetics-the senses. Whereas Baumgarten and Goethe explored the relationship between sensibility and reason, sensation and thinking, later philosophers of aesthetics deemed the sensorial to be confused and unreliable and instead prioritised a cognitive or objective approach.
Written by authors from the fields of philosophy, composition, performance, and artistic practice, Sensorial Aesthetics in Music Practices repositions aesthetics as a domain of the sensible and explores the interaction between artists, life, and environment. Aesthetics becomes a field of sensorial and embodied experience involving temporal and spatial influences, implicit knowledge, and human characteristics.
Contributors: Kathleen Coessens (Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, Orpheus Institute), Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen), Michael Levinas (Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris), Fabien Levy (Hochschule fur Musik Detmold), Lasse Thoresen (Norwegian Academy of Music), Vanessa Tomlinson (Queensland Conservatorium of Music), Salome Voegelin (University of the Arts London)
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Kathleen Coessens
SOUND AND SENSE IN MUSICAL PHRASES: FROM THE ART OF THE KEYBOARD TO THE QUESTION OF PHRASE AND MELODY Michaël Levinas
Intermezzo 1
ON THE SENSORIAL OF AESTHETICS Kathleen Coessens
NOISE, SOUND, SILENCE Tim Ingold
Intermezzo 2
ON THE SENSORIAL OF MUSIC AND BREATHING Kathleen Coessens
SENSE VERSUS SENSITIVITY IN COMPOSITION: A PHONEY DEBATE? Fabien Lévy
Intermezzo 3
ON THE SENSORIAL OF HUMAN BEINGS Kathleen Coessens
EXTREME INTERPRETATION? SOME OBSERVATIONS ON RACHMANINOFF'S VERSION OF CHOPIN'S THIRD BALLADE IN A-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 47 Lasse Thoresen
Intermezzo 4
ON THE SENSORIAL OF THE HUMAN BODY IN PERFORMANCE Kathleen Coessens
REFLECTIONS ON THE POLITICS OF SENTIMENT SCORE FOR PERFORMING THE CRITICALITY OF A SONIC SENSIBILITY Salomé Voegelin
Intermezzo 5
ON THE SENSORIAL OF IMAGINATION Kathleen Coessens and Vanessa Tomlinson
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS INDEX
