Uma mulher de destaque na filosofia da música: Susanne K. Langer e o problema da significação artístico-musical

It is possible to identify, in the field of musical aesthetics, the presence of remarkable female authors, neglected by our predominantly masculine histories of philosophy and of music. Among those authors, we find Susanne K. Langer, who recognizes the symbol, in its different types, as the human mode of expression par excellence. Focusing on Langer’s aesthetics, this article will examine the presentational symbols of music and of art in general. In order to understand how and what these symbols are capable of expressing, it will be first necessary to identify the logical preconditions to all kinds of expression. Secondly, it will be analyzed musical expression, its particular logical preconditions and its signification, through which the discursively inexpressible can be projected. Finally, it will be examined how Langer applies her conclusion about music to the other arts in her aesthetics, which due to its scope and acuity, should be more diffused.

Keywords:
Expression; Significance; Music; Art; Ineffability.