Philosophy of music

Worldview: Personal Portfolio Philosophy and Religion: Before Humanities 210, how would you have described the philosophies that influenced your processes for decision making, thinking, and developing preferences? How would you have described your level of conscious choice of and commitment to these philosophies? What helped form or develop the belief in that philosophy? After class discussions, have you had any realizations or made any changes in regards to the philosophies that influences…

In ‘Music and the Silent Film’ by Patrick Miller the writer comments that from the earliest days of the cinema, commercial films were accompanied by music. From the fairground nickelodeons where player pianos churned out popular favourites to the glittering movie palaces where large orchestras accompanied the images on the silver screen, film music flourished. Music for the movies not only heightened the emotional response to a picture, but also served the practical purpose of drowning out the…

beholder. The same painting, movie or piece of music can evoke a wide array of emotions in many different people, or even in one person alone. The desire to express ourselves thorough our creativity is a characteristic shared by most people. Letting our imaginations run free to create, manipulate, and incorporate our vision into something that lasts caries deep meaning. The word ‘Art’ itself encompasses so many mediums; paintings, drawings, sculptures, music motion picture and television. For…

New Orleans, LA. and Memphis, TN. are two cities that have more in common than just sharing a border along the Mississippi River. Both are responsible for birthing a music legacy that has defined American Music, not to mention bragging rights for a culture rich in food and southern folklore, owing to a tourism industry which keeps the local economy afloat. Unfortunately, they often unintentionally compete with each other in having one of the highest poverty rates in the country. As a result,…

210, I would have described my philosophies as determinism and idealism. “Determinism is the philosophical proposition that every event, decision, and action, is casually determined by an unbroken chain of prior occurrences” (Mastin para. 1). I was very focused on the idea that individual ideas were predetermined and that they were meant to be. With idealism, I truly did believe that my thoughts were formed due to my reality. My conscious choice of these philosophies was due to my environment,…

jazz. For example, ragtime, classical, hot jazz, Chicago style, Kansas City style, gypsy jazz, bebop, vocalese, mainstream, cool, hard bop, Bossa Nova and swing. Swing dancing can be taught or describe as. According to Wiki, “is a form of American music that dominated in the 1930s and 1940s. Swing uses a strong…

whether it is something we see, or something we hear. Art has always been something very important to me. I’m not sure where my love of art began but it has always been something that is fun to me. I love art a lot and I believe I have a very artistic philosophy towards life. When it comes to my life, I live very carefree and “in the moment”. I live very passionately. I believe art is this way too. Many times when creating art things become unplanned. Life is this way too. Our lives are our own…

Has Music Positive or Negative effects on People’s Moral Character? Metallica and Philosophy a Crash Course in Brain Surgery by William Irwin, is a book in which different philosophers use Metallica’s work to illustrate different topics (which some could be controversial, such as suicide, war, government, etc.) and how these lyrics have an effect on the listeners. Chapter 1 (Whisper Things into my Brain- Metallica, Emotions, and Morality) is written by the author Robert Fudge, an Associate…

to 50 percent" (Robelen). In many states, it has also been difficult for students to have access to music programs in their schools. A survey in Philadelphia showed that only fifty-eight percent of students have access to both music and art programs in schools (Dobrin). According to a 2014 Georgia Budget and Policy Institute study, "Sixty-six school districts cut or eliminated fine arts and music programs since 2009... two-thirds of those districts did not restore them"…

of great minds like theirs clash in other respects. Their views on music follow the same example of both related and clashing ideas. PLATO, in his “utopian” republic chooses music, next to gymnastics, as one of the two components of education. He believes that education should begin in early years and continue through life for beginning is the most important in forming young children. In his opinion education should start with music in particular for he attributes great spiritual power to…