对音乐本质的认识

音乐不能承担唤醒人们的良知或阻止罪恶的重任。音乐在美学本质上不具备概念性,所以它不能提供属于社会价值范畴的道德劝告或良心教化。美好的音乐与创作者的高尚道德之间没有必然联系。音乐阐释和欣赏是主观的,对它的联想是因人而异的。必须在认识音乐本质的前提下,才能更纯粹、更完全地领略音乐带来的美的享受。目前有些音乐理论会使我们对音乐的认识产生误解:以为音乐能够表现形象、传达思想、教化灵魂。这些都是有着强烈的工具论色彩的文艺观念。 

The Essence of Music

Nowadays,many researchers of music aesthetics believe that music can express concepts,and bear the important task-moral education.The author does not agree with this ideas.Music can not bear with an important task in which the intuitive knowledge of the people aroused or the evil prevented.Music does not have concept on the aspect of musical essence,so that it can not provide the moral education which belongs to the category of social value.There is no necessary connection between beautiful music and its makers and audience.The interpret and enjoyment of music are subjective and everyone can get different image.one can really enjoy nice music only when he understands the musical essence correctly.Now,some of the musical theories make us understand that music can express figures,convey concepts,purify soul.These theories misleadus to a certain of musical aesthetics of utilitarianism.