دیدگا ههای فلسفی و عرفانی در توصیف موسیقی و میزان باورپذیری آن در نزد نسل جوان موسیقی

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"Most Islamic philosophers consider music as one the four elements of mathematics, the statements 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 human and the way it may improve the life of man on earth. At the same time, Sufists and mystics manly focus on how music improves the soul of man more than any other issue. Based on theosophical view, music has something in connecting the God and his creator, 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 reviled 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. From another hand, the results showed that the mystical belief based on which human is considered as an instrument in the hand of God has half agreed and half disagreed by the participants. The study also showed that there is still a strong believe that music is a media for communication between the 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 Iranian youth musicians have different believes on different issues and one cannot generalized if they totally believe on old philosophical and theosophical views toward music. For instance, while 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 Iranian young musicians in various places of the country. In other words, the society is very colourful in ideas and believes. "
(PDF) An Overview on Iranian Philosophical and Theosophical Statements on Music and the Outlook of Youth Musicians دیدگاه‌های فلسفی و عرفانی در توصیف موسیقی و میزان باورپذیری آن در نزد نسل جوان موسیقی. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275518854_An_Overview_on_Iranian_Philosophical_and_Theosophical_Statements_on_Music_and_the_Outlook_of_Youth_Musicians_dydgahhay_flsfy_w_rfany_dr_twsyf_mwsyqy_w_myzan_bawrpdhyry_an_dr_nzd_nsl_jwan_mwsyqy [accessed Sep 26 2018].