Research On Susanne K.Langer’s Music Aesthetics Thought

This article mainly discusses the music-related part of Susanne K.Langer’s aesthetic theory.Throughout the history of the music field,music aesthetics is a metaphysical thinking about music,which can help people understand the relationship between music and beauty,so as to feel the beauty of music.Langer’s musical aesthetics is different from her predecessors,the difference is that she studies music from the perspective of symbolism.Langer’s musical aesthetics is the foundation for her construction of a symbolic aesthetic system,and it is also the best example of applying artistic symbolic theory to specific art types.Langer’s music aesthetics focuses on the combination with specific music types.When she expounds her music aesthetics,she cites different types of music genres.Therefore,her music aesthetics has a strong practical argumentation,which is still enduring to this day.Not bad.The author believes that Langer’s music thought theory still has its significance for reference.This article strives to sort out Langer’s musical aesthetic thoughts into a line under the premise of clarifying the various concepts of Langer’s music,and on this basis,look at the vitality and limitations of Langer’s musical aesthetics from a holistic perspective sex.The author divides the article into four parts for discussion.The first part is to explain the definition of music in Langer’s concept around the concepts of "essence","form" and "content" of music,and on this basis,enter the follow-up music aesthetic analysis.The second part mainly discusses the construction of musical notation.The construction of musical notation is the core issue of Langer’s musical aesthetics,and it is also the specific analysis of Langer’s application of artistic notation theory to music.In this construction process,key concepts of musical aesthetics such as "emotion","form of instruction" and "musical substrate" are involved.The third part is the interpretation of the specific connotation of music aesthetics.From the perspective of four aesthetic theories of "artistic illusion","life form","aesthetic intuition" and "assimilation principle",the music aesthetics in Langer’s concept is analyzed.Interpretation,focusing on the combination of concepts in the process of interpretation,such as the connection between "aesthetic intuition" and "listening",etc.,based on the analysis of concepts and the connection between different concepts,to illustrate the specific connotation of music aesthetics.The fourth part is to combine Langer’s ideological theory with practice,and on this basis analyze the vitality of Langer’s music aesthetics,and its limitations.