Aesthetics of music
BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY THAT DEALS WITH THE NATURE OF ART, BEAUTY AND TASTE IN MUSIC
Music aesthetics; Musical aesthetics; Esthetics of music; Aesthetics (music); Musical ontology
Aesthetics of music () is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty and taste in music, and with the creation or appreciation of beauty in music. In the pre-modern tradition, the aesthetics of music or musical aesthetics explored the mathematical and cosmological dimensions of rhythmic and harmonic organization.