基督教文化对于西方音乐的美学价值刍议

Aesthetic Values of Christian Culture on Western Music

基督教文化是西方音乐的重要精神土壤,也是其艺术形式的直接源头。基督教文化对于西方音乐美学传统具有融合与传承价值,对于西方音乐创作上的主题和题材具有启示价值,对于西方音乐的审美意象具有奠基价值,对于西方音乐的各种体裁建构具有发生学价值。没有基督教,现代西方音乐的发生、发展和繁荣都是不可想象的。

Christian culture is the important soil for Western music,and the very source of its art style.Christian culture and values have the following impacts on Western music.Firstly,Christian culture helps the Western music aesthetics tradition to integrate and pass down.Secondly,Christian culture exerts enlightening value to the Western music creation concerning themes and topics.Thirdly,Christian culture helps to lay foundation for Western music's aesthetic images.Finally,Christian culture has values on the construction of a variety of Western music types.Without Christianity,the creation,development and prosperity of modern Western music are unimaginable.