Music as a liberal art
Music as a liberal art
Author(s): Antonina Karpowicz-ZbińkowskaSubject(s): Music, School education, Higher Education , History of Education, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Education, History of Art
Published by: Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Keywords: classical education; liberal arts; music; musica speculativa; quadrivium;
Summary/Abstract: This article explains the place of music among the liberal arts within the so-called quadrivium, alongside arithmetic, geometry and astronomy. In the ancient world, music was not only important in aesthetical terms, but above all mathematical and metaphysical, as well as educational. Properly practised, music as a liberal art formed the basis of classical education.
Journal: EDUKACJA
- Issue Year: 163/2022
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 73-81
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
