According to Jürgen Lawrenz, music as an art has power and that its profundity and truthfulness is linked to factors such as unconsummated symbols, root experiences, imprinted words and images and perceptual present. His essay is based on ideas from, Jung, Langer, Schopenhauer and others which he puts together to come up with his own views on music, owing to information that he obtained after reading Peter Kivy’s work, Music Alone. Jürgen Lawrenz talks about music and art as a whole based on the various perspectives of judging music and its effects. These perspectives are those above named factors that are linked to the profundity and truthfulness of music. In conclusion he states that works of art are elaborated thoughts of human beings whose meaning is passed on to other humans and that the best way in which this meaning is passed is through music.
One of the greatest strengths that this article comes out boldly to present is the complexity of the language used by the writer to express himself. As much as this complexity is difficult to comprehend, it was the best way in which the writer’s thoughts have been expressed and with enough keenness, one will find it understandable. Secondly, the usage of other sources (Jung, Langer, Schopenhauer and others) to come up with his conclusions is a smart technique, showing that the results he obtained are accurate about music and the factors linked to its profundity and truthfulness. Some of the weaknesses portrayed in this article were long sentence structure and the disapproval of some of the views from other authors, where he stated he is not in favor of discursive reason as a method of exposing profound truths of music.
Pater compares all other forms of art, not specifically music only. He looks at their similarities, their differences and the impact of the nature of that form of at. As much as attention is given to all forms of art, there is remarkable interest in poetry. Pater distinguishes these based on some aspects he terms as matter and form. Matter is attributed to the subject of the poem and form is or should be a termination point which reaches all parts of the matter, and this is what all art is continuously aiming to achieve. The author of this second article mentions that poetry is merely concerned with words which bring out the picture or at least strive to. In comparison with architecture, the pictures in one way or another form, some kind of poetry that speaks volumes of words. Sculpture, another form of art, through the shape of those items, also forms some kind of poetry. Summarily, Walter Pater mentions that music is the only form of art that completely identifies matter and form.
A review of Walter Pater’s article reveals quite a number of strengths in his work. To begin with, mentioning of multiples of examples in the points that he states provides a reader with a better understanding of whatever he is trying to put across, in this case, the relationship between matter and form in works of art. Being clear and straight to the point displays another great strength in the essay. The explanations accompanying some of the stated points makes enables one to internalize the concepts being mentioned. Lack of referencing is a major weakness clearly displayed in his article. Almost no reference is made to his findings, making his work doubtful to some level, though still valuable.
Music comes from various sources. One of these sources is instruments. Interest is however, in this case, given to the piano and hence therefore a well renowned pianist, Eve Egoyan. With the prominence she has gained all over the world due to her impeccably flawless skill, many have been driven to write her bibliographies in praise of the great lady she is. In the given article/bibliography, it clearly comes out that Eve has a goal in her career; to share the feeling of authenticity with her audiences. The author of this article forms a rare kind of bibliography, by combining what other people have written in praise of her great skill, into one article. This is a great strength shown by the author of this article. The relationship created by the various compliments from different people, which establishes a common finding; that music inspires great thoughts and evokes countless of feelings in the world.
A lecturer decides to write about lightness and how is this aspect in any way attributed to art and music? Well it actually is in a certain way. Despite this lecturer being a physicist, he talks of lightness out of the box; in other aspects of life. Lightness, unlike weight is foremost a better term to use to show the heaviness of matter not only physically but also other matters of life. Weight of matter is bound strictly to the physical pull by gravity towards an object, lightness however is how easy something can be carried and also how serious something is. In relation to music, lightness describes indirectly how easily music flows around the world to give whatever it has to offer. In a fourteen page lecture of lightness, in the end it comes out that lightness has virtues closely related to music as an art and these virtues are what make music to be music.
