Philosophy and Music CVSP 295X
Philosophy and Music CVSP 295X This course intends to couple specific philosophical texts and concepts with related musical works, topics and styles (actual listening to music and viewing various operas and performances). Comparisons will as well cover material pertaining to artistic means besides music, such as sculpture, dance, theatre, cinema, literature and architecture. Although music, as artistic form will be the main focus, the course shall try to relate art in general and philosophy. The students shall learn to relate to philosophy not only intellectually or conceptually, but also esthetically; in a way, it will be a ludic (but serious) way to “philosophize”. On the other hand, they will be enticed to perceive art as an essential, profound element of human existence, rather than as mere entertainment. An effort will be made to relate both art (music) and philosophy to historic and sociological context such ad wars, scientific discoveries, technology…etc. 5 different topics will be presented. An attempt shall be made at creating bridges between the various topics in the goal of synthesizing an overall panoramic view: 1- Bach/Leibniz and the Baroque 2- The Dionysian and the Apollonian 3- German romanticism 4- Kierkegaard’s stages of life 5- Artistic creation: the old and the new Literature: Hemingway, Heine, Rilke, Goethe, Novalis, Schiller, Holderlin, Merimée, Lou Salome, Anais Nin, Thomas Mann ...etc. Composers: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert, Mahler, Brahms, Schoenberg, Kurtag, Nietzsche, Webern, Ligeti, Berio, Xenakis, Boulez, Debussy…etc. Artists and performers: Kandinsky, Velasquez, Monet, Manet, Escher, Durer, Maurice Bejart, Pina Bausch, Pollock, Warhol, Klee, Glenn Gould, Maria Yudina, Maria Callas, Placido, Domingo…etc.
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