본고는 음악적 낭만주의를 도식화하는 것과 낭만주의는 영원한 범주라는 일반적인 접근 방법이 편중된 미학적 경향이라고 보고, 베를리오즈의 작품에 나타난 낭만주의적 미의식을 음악미학적으로 비평하였다.
낭만주의 음악미학 접근 방법의 하나는 특정 작곡가의 작품과 관념에 대하여 미학적인 비평을 하는 것이다. 따라서 그 작곡가의 예술과 철학노선으로의 투쟁, 그리고 음악 미학의 근본 문제에 대한 미학철학의 의미를 축소하거나 무시하지 않고 작품과 관련하여 언급하였다.
또한 이 글에서는, 음악미학적 이념과 그것이 음악학 분야에 끼친 영향을 음악작품의 내용과 사회적 근원과 관련하여 다루었다. 특히, 베를리오즈가 음악미학자이며 음악비평가로서 음악미학적으로 접근한 비평방법 및 음악작품의 창작방법을 통한 문학적 특성과 그가 추구한 목표 등을 본질적 판단의 측면에서 언급하였다, 음악미학과 관계된 양식 특성과 그의 음악에 대한 미학적 비평을 예술적이고 이성적 직관에 의한 음악적인 사고로 비평한 여러 작곡가의 견해들을 음악미학적 측면에서 논의하였다.
When we talk about the aesthetic conception of music, too much is made of symbolic and philosophical ideas rather than the aesthetic conception. Aside from philosophical considerations, we also need to consider how musical esthetic is related to the composer in the act of composition: his reasoning, spin-offs from his mental attitude, based on the political, social and cultural background. We need to study and compare the aspects above to broaden music education.
This article deals with Berlioz's musical world. He was a symphony composer in France and a creator of Program Music, which was a characteristic new musical form in a dramatic, orchestral style. Aside from being simply a composer, he was also an instrumentationalist and a well-known writer like Wagner. For the most part, the study of Berlioz has relied on his historical reception. However, in this article, I want to discuss Berlioz (who was a musical aesthetician and a critic) from the aspect of his aesthetic criticism and the aesthetic propensity of his work, and from an analysis of his views on musical aesthetics a field of study which is not accessed by many people.
Berlioz was a composer who invented a new musical genre called Program Music, and at the same time a critic and conductor. Program Music belongs to musical drama, which is the combination of classical music, which can be described as an absolute music because of its perfect formal beauty, and literary factors. In instrumentation, it breaks new ground and attempts a new, dramatic expressivity in the orchestra describing a story with music, leading characters can be indicated by a motif (a melody of delicate emotion composed with specific musical intervals), or a theme. In Berlioz's musical aesthetic, music is not only a matter of form but also a matter of accessing romantic fantasy. Berlioz's technique developed as a lead-motive later in Wagner's time, and became the main reason for the development of the organic process of composition. If we grasp the artistic meaning of music and, at the same time, the form and artistry of compositional technique, not only can we feel the real beauty of the music but we can also express the meaning of a musical performance and develop a more concrete, creative and aesthetic appreciation. Many people have a very conservative perspective in understanding and learning music, but that is because they understand it superficially with symbolic conceptions only. If the musical aesthetic is recognized in music, not only can we have the abundance of music's historical knowledge, but also we can grow in powers of intuition for moral and emotional personal development.
Berlioz concluded that while Painting has no other purpose than the accurate imitation of nature, Music is a "unique art". In other words, music is itself a tool of unique character, giving impression without the aid of any form of imitation, and suggesting that a physical(direct) description should be an instrument, not an object.
He insisted that music mustn't simply copy nature, yet at the same time it should be very accurate, so that an audience listening carefully might understand the composer’s intention, and so that music's interpretation might never be decided by emotion alone. He expressed disagreement with the idea of naturalistic intuition of representation in his musical aesthetic view. This was in accord with the romantic aesthetic: expression of emotion and passion is in the centre and the expression of concept equates to the conception of the musical form. Therefore, his contribution in music history developed with a new genre called "Program Music".