I would like to look at the current tense, the time we live in and music.
For this particular example im going to talk about classical piano music.
CPE Bach being my favorite composer his most famous show piece solfeggietto is perfect to discuss.
The tempo is very important for flow to be consistent, music to be harmonic, and for end result to be what the composer imagined.
We cant tell what time is it when we play strings of notes, or double forte, but the time is involved in the music. the amount time defines the show piece if it was meant to be played in the tempo of 180, 120 is not a true representation of its beauty.
the concept is hard to grasp and perhaps im not being clear, but the time it takes to play a show piece should remain the same to capture the beauty. For soffeggietto its about 56 seconds, and thats how it should be presented.
maybe time in painted works is something easier to notice than the flow of time in a active piece like piano show piece but the time still takes a great deal effect on the music, the consistency makes it beautiful.
1. is time necessary aspect of beauty?
2.how can we explain the pass of time and beauty? - flowers are only beautiful once a year.
this is really interesting- classical music is a great example of how so many technical aspects (time, for example) come together to make something beautiful. maybe time is such a key player in beauty because it's among the things we as humans cannot control. i guess it's in our nature to want what we can't have.
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