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...problem of meaning in music is contained in the acceptance of either the autonomous or heteronomous theories," Glen Haydon, Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina, said last week in his Lamont lecture...
...autonomous (intrinsic) theory, he explained, is "found in all aspects of musical experience"; it has "both an intellectual and intuitive side to its perception." Haydon added that in this theory, the music is "intellectually perceived and emotionally felt." Further understanding and new meaning are what makes the composition continuously interesting, he added...
...Haydon believes that in the heteronomous (extrinsic) theory "the composer translates into sounds the feeling that is in him prior to the musical composition." In this theory, "composition is the translation of life feelings into tone; the music sounds the way the emotions feel...
Reconciliation of the two viewpoints is possible by one's acceptance of the autonomous theory as having primary and direct importance; and the heteronomous theory as being of secondary and indirect value, Haydon continued. He asserted that the interweaving of the two theories "provides for a wide range of functioning of perceptual and conceptual meanings...
...ideas of time, movement, and space are interwoven into our intrinsical musical experience," Haydon emphasized...