Glimpse

Volume 18, 2017

Hye Young Kim
Pages 61-69

Melody, Rhythm, Time
Phenomenology of Music in Augustine, Brentano, and Husserl

This paper examines the phenomenon of (understanding) music in relation to time and time-consciousness based on the philosophies of Augustine, Brentano and Husserl. They analyzed music, or more precisely, the melody of tones and rhythm in their theories of time and time-consciousness, because the process of perceiving music uncloaks the phenomenon of time-understanding.