We are music : an existential journey toward infinity / John Stephen Sharpley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharpley, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Music--Psychological aspects.

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Spirituality.

Physical Description:

xix, 411 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, 2024.

Summary:

"What is music? Modern society has come to view music largely as entertainment and commodity. In response, We Are Music: An Existential Journey Toward Infinity provides the reader with a holistic starting point. Music has unlimited potential to transform and enlighten, and is only impeded when bound by materialism, physicalism, and reductionism. We Are Music is an attempt to bring music back to the core of humanity as an agent of positive empowerment, self-actualization, and beyond. Embracing interconnectivity, music is more deeply experienced alongside the arts, science, social sciences, math, philosophy, history, and, above all, spirituality. An endless spiral, self-perception and identity can be vastly expanded, if not questioned and transcended. Music is an infinite field and any attempt to define and describe it is problematically finite and consequently limited. Herein lies the impossibility of the book which both excites and disturbs; the paradox of being and not being. A roadmap for music lovers toward self-realization, We Are Music is for those who desire to delve deeper into the power and illusion of self through music"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Listening

Time and Rhythm

Sound, Pitch, Timbre, and Emotions

Melody, Line, and Structure

Harmony

Counterpoint

Texture

Form

We Are Music

We Are the Cosmos

To Be AND Not To Be.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789811249068

9811249067

9789811250279

9811250278

OCLC:

1273914752

Publisher Number:

99996671846