Philosophical Conversations about Music in Simple Language. Pythagoras: the Divine Number and World Musical Harmony

The article is written on the basis of a conversation philosophy music by Professor G.G. Kolomiets, author book Value music: philosophical aspect, with musician from France, Dmitry Rasul-Kareev, Clarinet solo Orchestra de la Suisse Romande. dialogue gives detailed and simple understanding view example ancient philosopher Pythagoras. His cosmological teaching saw kinship music, mathematics stated that divine perception world contained in Number permeating entire cosmos our life. Music made numerical proportions acts as substance exists even without person, yet this unchanging principle harmony, can be felt, experienced expressed musical art. Cosmologists believed there comprehensive law, according to which objects obey mind, great Rhythm. seemed embodiment rhythm universe harmony. essence harmony spheres harmoniously arranged musical-sounding body. movement starry sky creates cosmic spheres, refracted when playing instruments, lends itself precise mathematical calculations. intervals between are mathematically correlated each other like tones music. Pythagorean structure largely determined path development theory, forming main categories: fret, rhythm, interval, modulation others. modern deepens ideas putting forward principles functionality processivity properties allows us talk about law cyclicity global scale. For example, following Pythagoras, outside actual art interpreted reflection vibrations complex communicative system: man-society-nature-cosmos.