@article{ART003223703},
author={HyejinYi},
title={A Study on the Discourse of Subjectivity in Nineteenth Century Music},
journal={Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology},
year={2025},
volume={33},
number={1},
pages={79-109},
doi={10.34303/mscol.2025.33.1.003}
TY - JOUR
AU - HyejinYi
TI - A Study on the Discourse of Subjectivity in Nineteenth Century Music
JO - Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology
PY - 2025
VL - 33
IS - 1
PB - The Korean Society for Musicology
SP - 79
EP - 109
AB - The “discourse of subjectivity” in music is a new paradigm of music interpretation and listening that emerged in the 19th century. It focuses on the relationship between musical works and the inner self of individual composers, emphasizing the important role of the listener's imagination in the process of appreciating and understanding music. The philosophical foundation of this “discourse on subjectivity” lies in German idealism, which explores how humans experience and perceive the world. In particular, key concepts from Kant's philosophy, such as “sensibility,” “reason,” “imagination,” and “empathy,” provide important clues for understanding the concept of subjectivity in 19th-century music.
The “object” of a musical work is not simply “reflected” onto the ‘subject’ (the listener), but is “constructed” as a sign through the listener's perception and thought processes. In particular, during this process, the listener's imagination actively synthesizes various musical representations received through spatio-temporal intuitive forms and recreates past representations, thereby “capturing” them as a single musical work. Thus, the constructed musical work exists in an inevitable relationship with “self-consciousness” as a unified consciousness.
KW - apperception;imagination;Ludwig van Beethoven; Kant;objectivity;self-consciousness;sensibility;subjectivity;understanding
DO - 10.34303/mscol.2025.33.1.003
ER -
HyejinYi. (2025). A Study on the Discourse of Subjectivity in Nineteenth Century Music. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, 33(1), 79-109.
HyejinYi. 2025, "A Study on the Discourse of Subjectivity in Nineteenth Century Music", Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, vol.33, no.1 pp.79-109. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2025.33.1.003
HyejinYi "A Study on the Discourse of Subjectivity in Nineteenth Century Music" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 33.1 pp.79-109 (2025) : 79.
HyejinYi. A Study on the Discourse of Subjectivity in Nineteenth Century Music. 2025; 33(1), 79-109. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2025.33.1.003
HyejinYi. "A Study on the Discourse of Subjectivity in Nineteenth Century Music" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 33, no.1 (2025) : 79-109.doi: 10.34303/mscol.2025.33.1.003
HyejinYi. A Study on the Discourse of Subjectivity in Nineteenth Century Music. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, 33(1), 79-109. doi: 10.34303/mscol.2025.33.1.003
HyejinYi. A Study on the Discourse of Subjectivity in Nineteenth Century Music. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology. 2025; 33(1) 79-109. doi: 10.34303/mscol.2025.33.1.003
HyejinYi. A Study on the Discourse of Subjectivity in Nineteenth Century Music. 2025; 33(1), 79-109. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2025.33.1.003
HyejinYi. "A Study on the Discourse of Subjectivity in Nineteenth Century Music" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 33, no.1 (2025) : 79-109.doi: 10.34303/mscol.2025.33.1.003
