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Philosophy of music

Hanslick's position that the content of music is its own sounding forms in motion, not the feelings it may arouse.

In philosophy of music, musical formalism refers to Hanslick's position that the content of music is its own sounding forms in motion, not the feelings it may arouse. This meaning comes from Hanslick (1854/1957) in The Beautiful in Music.[1]

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Hanslick, E. (1957). The beautiful in music (G. Cohen, Trans.; M. Weitz, Ed.). Bobbs-Merrill. (Original work published 1854) ISBN 9780672602115

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