Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• fatemeh benvidi

Abstract

The main focus of this research is on the phenomenological studies of music from the perspective of the experience of listening to music with an emphasis on the views of Mikel Dufrenne. The article begins with the question of how phenomenological descriptions of musical experiences play a role in understanding our objective experiences. To answer this question, which is the main goal of the research, with a descriptive-analytical method and a phenomenological approach based on Mikel Dufrenne's point of view, an attempt is made to explain the applications of phenomenology in describing and clarifying the experience of listening to music. The findings of this research show that in a phenomenological view, encountering a work of art occurs in the conscious process of recognizing the work, experiencing the work in time and place, the process of execution, and the process of inner development. Although prominent in Dufrenne's account of aesthetic experience in general, it specifically describes the encounter with music as a process of change and development. It also results that in the experience of listening to music, our usual experiences of understanding time and place, body and feeling and from personal and social experience are transformed and the listener becomes an active participant in this process. Such an experience can not only increase our understanding of performance and theoretical understanding of music, but also makes the receivers discover not only the work of art, but also the process of self-development.

Keywords

• music phenomenology
• music understanding
• music listening experience
• Mikel Dfrenne

Main Subjects

• philosophy