西方音乐文化中“普罗米修斯”的哲学思考

Philosophical Thinking of“Prometheus”in the Western Music Culture

在本文中,笔者分析了普罗米修斯神话、“火”的哲学-美学内涵,在此基础之上,对一种音乐性的普罗米修斯予以阐释。本文认为,西方哲学-美学领域中的涉及普罗米修斯、“火”的描述以及音乐史中的以普罗米修斯命名的诸多作品是不能被忽视的。在西方文化中,普罗米修斯的形象处于观念史与作曲史之间相交接的地带。

This paper analyzes the myth of Prometheus and the philosophical-aesthetic connotation of"fire",and on this basis,interprets Prometheus in a musical perspective.The author argues that the descriptions of Prometheus and"fire"in the field of Western philosophy and aesthetics,as well as the many works named after Prometheus in the history of music,cannot be ignored.In Western culture,the figure of Prometheus lies at the intersection between the history of ideas and the history of composition.