История музыки в эстетическом измерении

However, the system solution to this issue still has not been found.

In this book, the idea of which appeared in the middle of writing our previous monograph where the connection between music and philosophical thoughts of Alexander Scriabin was studied, we make an attempt to fill up the gap. We are going to scrutinize the six-part musical-and-aesthetic fugue, the ‘voices’ of which are the main aesthetic categories, on the scale of the whole history of music.

Having read a wide range of scientific literature on this topic we suggest studying the dynamics of evolution of ‘musical-and-aesthetic’ on three levels:

creativity of composers;

main epochs (Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance, etc.

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major historic periods (the first stage – Antiquity and Middle Ages, the second stage – from the 14-16 centuries till the 17-18 centuries, the third stage – from the end of the 18 century till present days).

Besides, in our research ‘vertical comparison’ (musical-and-aesthetic concepts of different epochs) is complemented by ‘horizontal slice’ of cultural heritage.

In other words, we are going to explore the specifics of changing of ‘musical-and-aesthetic’ in the context of the other branches of Art (painting, sculpture, architecture, theater).

On the whole, we believe that the history of music reconstructed in ‘aesthetic dimension’ in the unity with the other branches of Art will be beneficial или helpful not only to musicologists, but also to performers and music teachers.

The method of analysis of music through the prism of philosophical ideas of the time creates prerequisites for the subsequent development of musical-and-aesthetic trend in musicology.

The author expresses his thanks to everyone for their help and support.

Глава 1. Первый этап истории музыки

Часть 1. Эстетические доминанты Античности

«Все, что теперь, спустя тысячелетье,

Умом созревшим понимаешь ты,

Когда-то люди, чистые, как дети,

Уже прочли на лике Красоты».

(Ф. Шиллер «Художники») [63, c. 165].

Как известно, все шесть основных эстетических категорий в той или иной степени были разработаны еще в Античности. Что же касается музыки, то в этот исторический период времени в ней, прежде всего, находят выражение такие категории, как прекрасное (музыка, наряду с гимнастикой, способствовала достижению единства телесного и духовно-нравственного совершенства в человеке, калокагатии (от др.-гр.