philosophy of art with special reference to music

The human concerns for art and beauty have been expressed at the very beginning of philosophy both in the East and West and it continues to the present. Art is a human activity with a variety of functions including creating objects of beauty. Art and philosophy is closely related and art like philosophy reflects reality in its relation to man and his interaction with the world. The artistic practice of music is one that presents the most philosophical issues. Philosophy of music is the study of fundamental question about the nature of music and our experience of it. Music is a practice fraught with meaning and value in the lives of many people and occupies an important place in our artistic culture. However, it raised philosophical questions perhaps more difficult than other artistic practices. The major philosophical issues involves in the questions have been focused of discussion are grouped into five major areas (i) definition of music (ii) music and emotion (iii) understanding of music (iv) value of music and (v) music and morality