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The Concept of Time and Form in Music from Modernism to Minimalism

Trying to explain time concisely is difficult due to its complexity and multifaceted nature. For the philosopher, it is a poetic concept, where it is continuously debated whether it is subjective, a product of human consciousness and perception or an objective notion that exists independently of human experience and perception. Almost as a possible answer, a psychologist, views time as a subjective experience that is influenced by factors such as emotion, attention, and context that play a significant role in decision-making. When comparing the relationship between the expressions of each, it seems extremely paradoxical to go beyond this, especially when even the reality of the concept of time is a matter of debate among many. Nonetheless, as McTaggart puts it "[...] in all ages, the belief in the unreality of time has proved singularly attractive" (McTaggart, 1908). In the world of physics, however, time is a mundane concept, it is considered to be a fundamental dimension of the universe (spacetime) that helps us understand the progression of events and their relationships, as Albert Einstein's theory of relativity suggests. Art, on the other side, exists both in temporal dimension and space due to its quality of being a medium of human expression that can be experienced through time and physical space.... (click for the full essay :) 

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