AN OVERVIEW ON IRANIAN PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOSOPHICAL STATEMENTS ON MUSIC AND THE OUTLOOK OF YOUTH MUSICIANS

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AZADEHFAR MOHAMMAD REZA

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Journal: Journal of Fine Arts: Performing Arts and Music Year:2014 | Volume:19 | Issue:1 Page(s): 17-24

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AN OVERVIEW ON IRANIAN PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOSOPHICAL STATEMENTS ON MUSIC AND THE OUTLOOK OF YOUTH MUSICIANS

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AZADEHFAR MOHAMMAD REZA | Issue Writer Certificate

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PHILOSOPHY AND MUSICQ2

THEOSOPHY AND MUSICQ2

IRANIAN YOUTH MUSIC PERFORMERSQ2

MUSIC OF COSMOSQ2

APPROPRIATENESS OF MUSIC AND OCCASIONQ2

SOCIOLOGY OF IRANIAN MUSICQ2

Abstract

most Islamic philosophers consider music as one of the four elements of mathematics, which is linked to Aristotle’s quadrivium: arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. However, in the statements addressed by philosophers, we cannot see many discussions on the nature of music as perceived by humans and the way it may improve the life of man on earth. At the same time, Sufists and mystics mainly focus on how music improves the soul of man more than any other issue. Based on theosophical view, music has something in connecting God and His creations, while in philosophical view it is mainly a subject which can be studied like other mathematical issues. Adding to an overview of traditional statements on music, this article particularly interested on investigating how contemporary Iranian youngsters look at old philosophical and theosophical way of treating music. To peruse this object, a filed study conducted in which 400 music students from three regions of Iran including Tehran, Isfahan and Gilan participated. The average age of subjects were 21 and were nearly half girls and half boys. A survey including 5 questions which addressed the main traditional philosophical and theosophical issues toward music provided and the subjects expressed their views on them. Results of this study revealed that some 72% of the subjects believe that music is relatively comparable to the order of cosmos. The results also showed that some 15% of the subjects think that such comparisons are nonsense, which is a relatively considerable percentage among the Iranian musicians. On the other hand, the results showed half of the participants agreed and half disagreed with the mystical belief based on which human is considered as an instrument in the hand of God. The study also showed that there is still a strong belief that music is a medium for communication between man and his creator. Only 16% believed that music is a result of physical vibration and is incapable of delivering any message from God. A huge percentage of participants (62%) believed that music has a higher status than visual arts in theosophical activities (the idea came from Ibn Arabi’s theosophical view). Relating different traditional tunes to the certain time and places (Oqāt-e Taghannī) nearly some 60% believed that such an idea could still hold in force, even though some updates have to put on ancient treatises. The overall findings of this study showed that young Iranian musicians have different beliefs on a variety of issues and one cannot generalize whether they totally believe in the old philosophical and theosophical views toward music. For instance, while the majority of subjects do not believe that they “act as an instrument in the hand of God”, a considerable percentage of them believe “God can communicate with human through music.” The study also revealed that there is a diverse ideology on every single philosophical or theosophical issue among the young Iranian musicians in various places of the country. In other words, the society is very colorful in ideas and beliefs.

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AZADEHFAR, MOHAMMAD REZA. (2014). AN OVERVIEW ON IRANIAN PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOSOPHICAL STATEMENTS ON MUSIC AND THE OUTLOOK OF YOUTH MUSICIANS. HONAR-HA-YE-NAMAYESHI-VA-MOOSIGHI (HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA), 19(1), 17-24. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/173256/en

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AZADEHFAR MOHAMMAD REZA. AN OVERVIEW ON IRANIAN PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOSOPHICAL STATEMENTS ON MUSIC AND THE OUTLOOK OF YOUTH MUSICIANS. HONAR-HA-YE-NAMAYESHI-VA-MOOSIGHI (HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA)[Internet]. 2014;19(1):17-24. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/173256/en

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MOHAMMAD REZA AZADEHFAR, “AN OVERVIEW ON IRANIAN PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOSOPHICAL STATEMENTS ON MUSIC AND THE OUTLOOK OF YOUTH MUSICIANS,” HONAR-HA-YE-NAMAYESHI-VA-MOOSIGHI (HONAR-HA-YE-ZIBA), vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 17–24, 2014, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/173256/en

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