Phenomenological aesthetics of music

The Aesthetics of Interactive Computer Music

Zipf's Law, Music Classification, and Aesthetics

The connection between aesthetics and numbers dates back to pre-Socratic times. Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle worked on quantitative expressions of proportion and beauty such as the golden ratio. Pythagoreans, for instance, quantified " harmonious " musical intervals in terms of proportions (ratios) of the first few whole numbers: a unison is 1:1, octave is 2:1, perfect fifth is 3:2, perfect...

Aesthetics and Design for Group Music Improvisation

Performing music as a group—improvised or from sheet music—is an intensive and immersive interaction activity that bears its own aesthetics. Players in such a setting are usually skilled in playing an instrument up to the level where they do not need to focus on the “operation” of the instrument, but can instead focus on higher-level feedback loops, e.g., between players in their section or the...

An interpretation of philosophy and aesthetics for contemporary music education

Spiritually uncontrolled art: Exploring aesthetics of evil in contemporary music

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