Speculative music

Speculative music, or music theory with an esoteric base,has existed since ancient times in parallel with moremainstream aspects of music theory and musicology. Farfrom becoming extinct after the scientific revolution ofthe 16th and 17th centuries, speculative music has survivedmodernity, and recurs...

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Autores:
Hasler, Johann
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2005
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/50509
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/50509
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/44507/
Palabra clave:
Johann Hasler
pitagorismo musical
Joscelyn Godwin
teoría musical en la posmodernidad
Johann Hasler
musical pythagoreanism
Joscelyn Godwin
music theory in postmodernism
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openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:Speculative music, or music theory with an esoteric base,has existed since ancient times in parallel with moremainstream aspects of music theory and musicology. Farfrom becoming extinct after the scientific revolution ofthe 16th and 17th centuries, speculative music has survivedmodernity, and recurs in times of cultural crises,repeatedly offering hopes of a spiritual and humanisticrenewal through the return to more “natural” forms ofmusic, closer to the physical and acoustical bases of soundthan the elaborate and “artificial” intellectual constructsdeveloped during “high modernism”. This article offers ageneral overview of this less known aspect of musicologyand musical theory, in its conceptual, historical, andcurrent aspects.