Perceptual Space of Action of a Musical Composition

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to reveal the meaning and peculiarities of the category"perceptual space" in musical art. The methodology of the research is based on theinterdisciplinary integration of the methods of modern philosophy, cultural studies and art history.Scientific novelty of the article is the substantiation of the inseparable interconnection of space andman, which makes it possible to consider this category one of the fundamental forms ofunderstanding the world and thinking about the world in musical art. For a full study of theperceptual space in music, there are means that facilitate the creation of connections of elementsboth within the composition and between objects of art and reality. Conclusions. Continuation anddeepening of the study of spatial means and principles of form formation in music createprerequisites for a deeper understanding of the nature of space in art. This process also contributesto the identification of common psychological, physical, compositional patterns, concentratesspatial perception in music. To such we attribute the following: the value of the unconscious increating conditions corresponding to the activation of sensory channels responsible for visualperception; the operation of general physical laws; the basis of the mechanism of associativity, motor modeling in music; the necessary generality of the stages of understanding is imagesensation, image-perception, image-representation; the basis of the unity of the compositionalprinciples of visual and musical arts; the general effect of the principles of formal composition (theprinciple of simplicity, the influence of geometric forms on emotional perception, the arrangementof musical marks on the plane of the score, such as the relationship between the figure and theplane and other positions in music).Key words: space, space of musical art, perceptual space, composer creativity, synaesthesia