The Aesthetic Category of Beauty in Orthodox Music. the Preliminary of a Research
The Aesthetic Category of Beauty in Orthodox Music. the Preliminary of a Research

Summary/Abstract: The Orthodox Church Music represents a field yet little explored in what concerns the structuring of clear aesthetic principles which can guide performers (priests, deacons, theologists, psalm readers), composers and listeners of this musical genre as to what is aesthetic and unaesthetic in this domain. This decision is entrusted almost exclusively to Liturgical theology. However, taking into consideration the obvious auspices under which this type of music exists, a clarification of certain aesthetic notions is desirable. This paper sets out to briefly discuss the aesthetic concept of ”beauty” and the way in which it can be defined within the Orthodox Church Music so that the necessity of a mystical approach can be intertwined with the principles of Music Aesthetics.

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