Open AccessThe expressiveness of music
Author(s) -
Sanja Srećković
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-081X
pISSN - 0351-2274
DOI - 10.2298/theo1503021s
Subject(s) - confusion , presentation (obstetrics) , musical , feature (linguistics) , aesthetics , cognitive science , expression (computer science) , music psychology , psychology , epistemology , computer science , linguistics , art , philosophy , literature , psychoanalysis , medicine , radiology , programming language
The paper deals with the relationship between the art of music and human emotions, in particular, with the feature of musical works designated in aesthetic literature as ?expressiveness?. After a short presentation of several main attempts at explaining the expressiveness of music in analytical aesthetics, the author offers a clarification of the conceptual confusion within presented theories, and points out their main difficulties and deficiencies.