What is absolute music?
Absolute music is a type of abstract music that is not written with the intention of telling any type of story or painting any other kind of mental image for the audience. Its composers generally intend to stand the structure of each piece alone without other associations. Also, the melodies and harmony of absolute music are also usually not tied to any particular emotional reactions or interpretations, so listeners can freely attribute their own feelings, thoughts and mental images to each piece they hear. Absolute music consists of instrumental scores without lyrics, although instrumental music pieces are not always absolute on the basis of the ideas of specific composers. Some program music pieces are an instrumental score of films, games or operas. Other are written for painting music pictures of specific events, places, topics or situations. Examples of program music are Ludwig van Beethoven's pastoral symphonies and Franz Liszt's Prometheus .
ideas for the origin of absolute music is closely related to the idea of abstract art. Both are not intended to represent anything specific. Some seasoned listeners of this type of impressionist music often claim that it can be really appreciated on the basis of technical arrangements of notes rather than unnecessary related feelings or thoughts. This view is generally associated with formalist ideas of art and music, which first gained popularity in the nineteenth century. Formalism applied to music can be traced to writings by Eduard Hanslick, who described quality music as what can only be appreciated for its pure sound structure.
From the absolute, no type of story or visual reference framework is not bound, it is often considered to be a better choice for a close music analysis. Classic musicians often listen to recorded pieces of this genre to better understand the composer techniques and study mayMethods of improving their own performances. Some occasional listeners also prefer this kind of music because they often consider a complex arrangement of harmonies and melodies to be mentally stimulating. Among the well -known pieces that are considered absolute music are Frédéric Chopin's Waltz in D Flat , Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Fluts and Franz Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B Major .