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von Appen, R. (2007) On the aesthetics of popular music. Music Therapy Today (Online 1st April) Vol.VIII (1) 5-25. available at http://musictherapyworld.net ingly she will probably find military uniforms or national costumes in Bavarian style corresponsively ugly, and prefer the Cardigans or the Kings of Convenience CDs to groups like Rammstein or Kraftwerk. Cor- responsively beautiful is what illustrates the idea of a good life vividly – more vividly than words may express the idea. This may be due to the situation or due to long-term specifics. Examples for a situation are hits for the carnival season or typical summer hits, Reggae music at a barbecue party, or soft rock for an intimate date. From a long-term perspective, we seem to prefer music that reflects what we see in ourselves: there is much empirical proof that the preference for certain musical styles correlates significantly with certain character traits (compare Gembris 2005; v. Georgi et al. 2006; Kloppenburg 2005; Schwartz 2002). The chosen music can demonstrate to ourselves and to others a non-conformist attitude, for example, toughness or emotionality, a basically positive or negative outlook on life and so on. This is why music often plays an important role in getting to know someone more intimately. Visiting new acquaintances, we all try to find out who the host is by furtive glances at his CD collection or his books. Pierre Bourdieu (2000) and Gerhard Schulze (2000), however, exaggerate this dimension of the aesthetic practice considerably: they often reduce the aesthetic attraction to a potential gain in distinction promised by possession of the object. The effect of our taste on others certainly plays a role, but the world would be a sad place if all decisions on preference were nothing but a way to show off, to underline the complicated things we under- stand, or the expensive things we can afford. The appeal of music may be explained in part by the value of aesthetic correspondences. Alertness for such correspondences conveys to us and others a vivid picture of ourselves and helps to find our place in society. Three dimensions in the aesthetic experience of popular music 14
von Appen, R. (2007) On the aesthetics of popular music. Music Therapy Today (Online 1st April) Vol.VIII (1) 5-25. available at http://musictherapyworld.net IMAGINATION OR ARTISTIC APPEARANCE Music creates a space where we feel good and helps in specific situations but also in general to perceive and recognize ourselves in this performed space. In this way it helps to satisfy basic human needs for safety and comfort, orientation and self-recognition. What has interested us so far are general aesthetic functions that apply to the perception of nature as well as of music. This is not true, however, in the case of the third dimension, where music listening is considered an art. In contrast to nature, each object of art provokes an effort to under- stand – whether this will be successfully concluded or not. The underly- ing idea is not a strictly defined concept of art that would help to decide which works are masterly, but there are more basic questions. In how far is popular music generally qualified for art, and in listening, do we perceive music not only on a contemplative and corresponsive level, but also as art? Just as objects of contemplation or of a corresponsive experience become such only through pertinent perceptive attitudes, there is no art if we do not consider it as such. This sounds trivial, but what it means is that there are no material characteristics to identify works of art unequivocally. According to Seel’s aesthetics an object becomes a work of art through an observing attitude that sees it as a sign; a sign which does not only represent something that might be conveyed in a different manner as well, but which presents something that cannot be translated comprehen- sively into words and that can only be ‚understood’ if we direct our atten- tion to the individual constellation of what is presented sensually (Seel 2003, p. 179f.). It is therefore a characteristic of any reception of art that it is equally interested in contents and in the ways these contents are presented. To simplify this idea, we might use the formula: form and contents = mean- Three dimensions in the aesthetic experience of popular music 15
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