Philosophy of Music

Abhinavagupta aesthetic experience aesthetic object aesthetic stereotype analysis antimusic art object artiste aspect avadhāna axiological beat Brahman Carnatic music common con-argument concept constituent of music criteria critics culture define music definiendum definiens definition of music delight dhrupad dhvani differentia elements emotive stereotype empirical expression feeling formal logical gandharva gita Hindu music Hindustani music identified includes and supersedes indefinable indefinist Indian inner mind judgement khyal kind lexical definition listener logical definition matrix meaning meaningful metadescription metatheories microtones model theories moral musical act musical situation musico-aesthetic musicology mystical objective constituent outer mind perception performance philosophical predicate musical prehension psychic distance rāga reality reason relish rhythm S₁ Sanskrit sense social sociological sound sound-matrix speech śruti stage structure subject-object relation subjective component subjective determinant svara symbolic synonymous tāla theories of music thing tion tonal motion tones tradition understanding unity value-word word musical